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title: Grandma: "cod-liver oil every day or you'll get rickets like we did"… — Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandma: "cod-liver oil every day or you'll get rickets like we did". What's true now? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil

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Grandma: "cod-liver oil every day or you'll get rickets like we did". What's true now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, we · **What happens:** get, do, be · **To what, where:** rickets

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil» 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/22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandma: "cod-liver oil every day or you'll get rickets like we did".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil:t1:1
# text = Grandma: "cod-liver oil every day or you'll get rickets like we did".
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cod	cod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	liver	liver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
14	rickets	ricket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | future | you | rickets |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ricket=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | we | rickets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ricket=Eventuality |

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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:* What's true now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil:t1:2
# text = What's true now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | now | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Rickets came from lack of vitamin D, and today a winter vitamin D tablet or the right food does the job

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil:t1:o1:1
# text = Rickets came from lack of vitamin D, and today a winter vitamin D tablet or the right food does the job
1	Rickets	rickets	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	D	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	D	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Rickets |  |  | lack of vitamin D |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from lack=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **do** | present | a D tablet or the right food | the job |  |  | today |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 3 | **lack** |  |  | vitamin D |  |  |  |  | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cod-liver oil cures every illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil:t1:o2:1
# text = Cod-liver oil cures every illness
1	Cod	cod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	liver	liver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cures	cure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | present | liver oil | every illness |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rickets came from not eating fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil:t1:o3:1
# text = Rickets came from not eating fish
1	Rickets	rickets	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Rickets |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | gerund | Rickets *not said here* | fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rickets can't happen any more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil:t1:o4:1
# text = Rickets can't happen any more
1	Rickets	ricket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | can | Rickets |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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