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title: "my cousin got a fever after his jab so the jab gave him the illness… — Vaccinations and why · tree and pragmatics
description: "my cousin got a fever after his jab so the jab gave him the illness" — right? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 3 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why

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"my cousin got a fever after his jab so the jab gave him the illness" — right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, jab · **What happens:** get, give, jab · **To what, where:** fever, illness, cousin

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t3:1
# text = "my cousin got a fever after his jab so the jab gave him the illness" — right?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	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	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	jab	jab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jab	jab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
18	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
19	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | my cousin | a fever |  |  | after cousin's jab |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fever=Stimulus |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | past | the jab | the illness | cousin |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient illness=Theme |
| 3 | **jab** *in a quote* |  | cousin |  |  |  |  |  | nom jab «act transitive»: poss=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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No, a mild fever is the immune system responding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t3:o1:1
# text = No, a mild fever is the immune system responding
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	immune	immune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	responding	respond	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a mild fever | the immune system |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | gerund | the immune system *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, every jab gives you a small dose of the full disease

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, every jab gives you a small dose of the full disease
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	jab	jab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dose	dose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | every jab | a small dose of the full disease | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient dose=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, but only when jabs are given in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only when jabs are given in winter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	jabs	jab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | jabs |  |  | winter |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, the fever was caught from the nurse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t3:o4:1
# text = No, the fever was caught from the nurse
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive |  | the fever |  | the nurse |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from nurse=Source |

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