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title: Lily can't have the measles jab because she's having cancer treatmen… — Vaccinations and why · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily can't have the measles jab because she's having cancer treatment. How can her class protect her? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 2 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why

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Lily can't have the measles jab because she's having cancer treatment. How can her class protect her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, measles, class · **What happens:** not have, jab, have, protect · **To what, where:** cancer treatment, Lily

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily can't have the measles jab because she's having cancer treatment.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t2:1
# text = Lily can't have the measles jab because she's having cancer treatment.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	measles	measle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	jab	jab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | can | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **jab** | present | the measles |  |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | present · progressive | Lily | cancer treatment |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Patient |

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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:* How can her class protect her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t2:2
# text = How can her class protect her?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | can | Lily's class |  | Lily |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

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

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By being vaccinated themselves, so measles can't reach her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t2:o1:1
# text = By being vaccinated themselves, so measles can't reach her
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	vaccinated	vaccinate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	measles	measle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|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 | **vaccinate** | gerund · passive | measles *not said here* | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **reach** | can | measles | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By all wearing hats and scarves in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t2:o2:1
# text = By all wearing hats and scarves in class
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
4	hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	scarves	scarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund | all | hats and scarves |  | class |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By taking vitamin C every morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t2:o3:1
# text = By taking vitamin C every morning
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	C	C	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | vitamin |  |  | morning |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vitamin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By avoiding her and never sitting next to her at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t2:o4:1
# text = By avoiding her and never sitting next to her at all
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avoiding	avoid	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	next	next	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent she=Location |
| 2 | **not** **sit** | gerund |  |  | her *= she* | all |  | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location |

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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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