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description: If your body met a germ for the first time with no vaccine, why would you get more ill? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why

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If your body met a germ for the first time with no vaccine, why would you get more ill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** body, you · **What happens:** meet, get · **To what, where:** germ

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t12:1
# text = If your body met a germ for the first time with no vaccine, why would you get more ill?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	germ	germ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
19	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	20	advmod	_	_
20	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | your body | a germ |  |  | time |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **get** | would | you |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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You'd have no blood cells to fight with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t12:o1:1
# text = You'd have no blood cells to fight with
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | You | no blood cells |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cell=Patient |
| 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Germs are always stronger the first time they meet you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t12:o2:1
# text = Germs are always stronger the first time they meet you
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Germs |  |  |  | time | always, strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | present | Germs *= germ* | you |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Vaccines make germs weaker everywhere in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t12:o3:1
# text = Vaccines make germs weaker everywhere in the world
1	Vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Vaccines | germs |  | the world |  | everywhere, weak *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset germ=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The immune system would take days to learn to fight it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t12:o4:1
# text = The immune system would take days to learn to fight it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	immune	immune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would | the immune system |  |  |  | day |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive |  | system |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent |

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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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