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title: In a sci-fi film a vaccine is made overnight and given to everyone u… — Vaccinations and why · tree and pragmatics
description: In a sci-fi film a vaccine is made overnight and given to everyone untested. Real life? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 9 · ★★★ · Vaccinations and why

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In a sci-fi film a vaccine is made overnight and given to everyone untested. Real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** make, give · **To what, where:** vaccine, fi film, everyone

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a sci-fi film a vaccine is made overnight and given to everyone untested.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t9:1
# text = In a sci-fi film a vaccine is made overnight and given to everyone untested.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	sci	sci	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	fi	fi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
16	untested	untested	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | a vaccine |  | a fi film |  | overnight *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to everyone=Recipient |

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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:* Real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t9:2
# text = Real life?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only animals get the tested vaccines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t9:o1:1
# text = Only animals get the tested vaccines
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | animals | the tested vaccines |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vaccine=Stimulus |
| 2 | **test** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Vaccines go through lab tests and big trials before approval

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t9:o2:1
# text = Vaccines go through lab tests and big trials before approval
1	Vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	lab	lab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trials	trial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Vaccines |  |  | lab tests and big trials | before approval |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through test=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Vaccines are always made overnight when there's a new illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t9:o3:1
# text = Vaccines are always made overnight when there's a new illness
1	Vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Vaccines |  |  |  | always, overnight *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **be** | present | a new illness |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Vaccines are never tested, there isn't time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:29-vaccinations-and-why:t9:o4:1
# text = Vaccines are never tested, there isn't time
1	Vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **test** | present · passive |  | Vaccines |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **be** | present | time |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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