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title: Why was smallpox possible to wipe out, while colds are not? — Vaccinations and why · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was smallpox possible to wipe out, while colds are not? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 5 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why was smallpox possible to wipe out, while colds are not?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, wipe out

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t5:1
# text = Why was smallpox possible to wipe out, while colds are not?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wipe out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Smallpox was a mild disease that nobody minded catching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t5:o1:1
# text = Smallpox was a mild disease that nobody minded catching
1	Smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
8	minded	mind	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	catching	catching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Smallpox | a mild disease |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mind** | past | nobody | a mild disease |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Colds have been wiped out too, but they keep coming back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t5:o2:1
# text = Colds have been wiped out too, but they keep coming back
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	wiped	wipe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe out** | present · perfect · passive |  | Colds |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Colds *= cold* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come back** | gerund | Colds *= cold* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Smallpox lived only in cows, so the cows were kept away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t5:o3:1
# text = Smallpox lived only in cows, so the cows were kept away
1	Smallpox	Smallpox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Smallpox |  |  |  |  | in cows | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cow=Location |
| 2 | **keep away** | past · passive |  | the cows |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Smallpox had an effective vaccine and only infected humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t5:o4:1
# text = Smallpox had an effective vaccine and only infected humans
1	Smallpox	Smallpox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	infected	infected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Smallpox | a effective vaccine and infected humans |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vaccine=Patient |

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