--- title: Why might a diabetic child need a snack before a big football match? — A classmate with diabetes, and other l… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a diabetic child need a snack before a big football match? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 16 «A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [A classmate with diabetes, and other l…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions Why might a diabetic child need a snack before a big football match? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** diabetic child · **What happens:** need · **To what, where:** snack This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 16 «A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t4:1 # text = Why might a diabetic child need a snack before a big football match? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 diabetic diabetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 snack snack NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | might | a diabetic child | a snack | | | before a big football match | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Football makes you diabetic ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t4:o1:1 # text = Football makes you diabetic 1 Football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 diabetic diabetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Football | diabetic | you | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary diabetic=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} So he can run faster than all the others ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t4:o2:1 # text = So he can run faster than all the others 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | can | he | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Snacks cure his diabetes for the whole of an afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t4:o3:1 # text = Snacks cure his diabetes for the whole of an afternoon 1 Snacks snack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cure cure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 diabetes diabetes NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | present | Snacks | his diabetes | | | | for the whole | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer diabetes=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Exercise uses sugar and could cause a hypo ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t4:o4:1 # text = Exercise uses sugar and could cause a hypo 1 Exercise exercise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hypo hypo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | Exercise | sugar | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient | | 2 | **cause** | could | Exercise *not said here* | a hypo | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hypo=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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