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title: "u got a lump in ur neck, that's cancer" — after a cold. Most likely? — Germs, the immune system and hand-wash… · tree and pragmatics
description: "u got a lump in ur neck, that's cancer" — after a cold. Most likely? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 30 «Germs, the immune system and hand-washing» 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 5 · ★ · Germs, the immune system and hand-washing

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"u got a lump in ur neck, that's cancer" — after a cold. Most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** lump, neck, cancer

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 30 «Germs, the immune system and hand-washing» 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/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "u got a lump in ur neck, that's cancer" — after a cold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t5:1
# text = "u got a lump in ur neck, that's cancer" — after a cold.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | u | a lump |  | ur's neck | after a cold |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lump=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | that cancer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Most likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t5:2
# text = Most likely?
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	nsubj	_	_
2	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	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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A broken bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t5:o1:1
# text = A broken bone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bee sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t5:o2:1
# text = A bee sting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A swollen lymph node fighting the cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t5:o3:1
# text = A swollen lymph node fighting the cold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	lymph	lymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	node	node	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | gerund | a swollen lymph node *not said here* | the cold |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Definitely cancer, see a surgeon today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t5:o4:1
# text = Definitely cancer, see a surgeon today
1	Definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | infinitive | cancer | a surgeon |  |  | today |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surgeon=Stimulus |

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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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