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title: Big bro: "being ill is the germ wrecking you". What's the bigger tru… — Why we sleep when ill · tree and pragmatics
description: Big bro: "being ill is the germ wrecking you". What's the bigger truth? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Why we sleep when ill» 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 1 · ★★ · Why we sleep when ill

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Big bro: "being ill is the germ wrecking you". What's the bigger truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Big bro, germ, bigger truth · **What happens:** be, wreck · **To what, where:** germ, you

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Why we sleep when ill» 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/31-why-we-sleep-when-ill/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Big bro: "being ill is the germ wrecking you".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t1:1
# text = Big bro: "being ill is the germ wrecking you".
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	germ	germ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	wrecking	wreck	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | Big bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Big bro | the germ |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wreck** *in a quote* | gerund | the germ *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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:* What's the bigger truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t1:2
# text = What's the bigger truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the bigger truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The body does nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t1:o1:1
# text = The body does nothing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the body | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's all in your head and you can just ignore it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t1:o2:1
# text = It's all in your head and you can just ignore it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | your head |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ignore** | can | you | head |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Much of what you feel is your own immune system fighting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t1:o3:1
# text = Much of what you feel is your own immune system fighting
1	Much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	nmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	immune	immune	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Much of your own immune system fighting | your own immune system fighting |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Germs do everything, the body just sits and waits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t1:o4:1
# text = Germs do everything, the body just sits and waits
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Germs | everything |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sit** | present | the body |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wait** | present | the body *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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