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title: Why are milkmaids part of the vaccine story? — Vaccinations and why · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are milkmaids part of the vaccine story? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «Vaccinations and why» 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 10 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why

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Why are milkmaids part of the vaccine story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** milkmaids part

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «Vaccinations and why» 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/29-vaccinations-and-why/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t10:1
# text = Why are milkmaids part of the vaccine story?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	milkmaids	milkmaid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | milkmaids part |  |  |  | of the vaccine story | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Jenner saw that cowpox protected them from smallpox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t10:o1:1
# text = Jenner saw that cowpox protected them from smallpox
1	Jenner	Jenner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	cowpox	cowpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	protected	protect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Jenner |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **protect** | past | cowpox | them *= they* |  |  |  | from smallpox | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary from smallpox=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They drank a special medicine milk that cured smallpox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t10:o2:1
# text = They drank a special medicine milk that cured smallpox
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cured	cure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | They | a special medicine milk |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |
| 2 | **cure** | past | a special medicine milk | smallpox |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer smallpox=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They invented the first needles for injections

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t10:o3:1
# text = They invented the first needles for injections
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	injections	injection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | They | the first needles |  |  |  | for injections | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent needle=Result for injection=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They had no germs at all from drinking milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t10:o4:1
# text = They had no germs at all from drinking milk
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
7	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | no germs |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Patient |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | They *not said here* | milk |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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