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title: Two people with cystic fibrosis are told to keep apart. Why, if it's… — A classmate with diabetes, and other l… · tree and pragmatics
description: Two people with cystic fibrosis are told to keep apart. Why, if it's not catching? Test 7 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions

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Two people with cystic fibrosis are told to keep apart. Why, if it's not catching?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two people, fibrosis · **What happens:** tell, keep, not catch · **To what, where:** Two people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two people with cystic fibrosis are told to keep apart.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t7:1
# text = Two people with cystic fibrosis are told to keep apart.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	cystic	cystic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fibrosis	fibrosis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | Two people with cystic fibrosis |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Two people with cystic fibrosis *not said here* |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why, if it's not catching?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t7:2
# text = Why, if it's not catching?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | present · progressive | fibrosis |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To avoid passing germs between them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t7:o1:1
# text = To avoid passing germs between them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | passing germs |  |  |  | between germs *= germ* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent germ=Location |
| 2 | **pass** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because they don't like each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t7:o2:1
# text = Because they don't like each other
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	5	obj	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | they | each |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot each=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because CF does spread by touch after all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t7:o3:1
# text = Because CF does spread by touch after all
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	CF	cf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present · passive · do-support | touch | CF |  |  | after all |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because it's a rule for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions:t7:o4:1
# text = Because it's a rule for fun
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a rule |  |  |  | for fun | tree rules |

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