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title: Hot to touch but shivering. Gran piles on three duvets "to sweat it… — Why we sleep when ill · tree and pragmatics
description: Hot to touch but shivering. Gran piles on three duvets "to sweat it out". Better? Test 2 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Why we sleep when ill

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Hot to touch but shivering. Gran piles on three duvets "to sweat it out". Better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran · **What happens:** touch, shiver, pile, sweat out · **To what, where:** three duvets, it

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hot to touch but shivering.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t2:1
# text = Hot to touch but shivering.
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	shivering	shiver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shiver** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Gran piles on three duvets "to sweat it out".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t2:2
# text = Gran piles on three duvets "to sweat it out".
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	piles	pile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	duvets	duvet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sweat	sweat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile** | present | Gran |  |  | three duvets |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on duvet=Destination |
| 2 | **sweat out** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Gran *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t2:3
# text = Better?
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 cold bath straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t2:o1:1
# text = A cold bath straight away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Five duvets, a hot water bottle and the heating on full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t2:o2:1
# text = Five duvets, a hot water bottle and the heating on full
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	duvets	duvet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing to drink until the shivering stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing to drink until the shivering stops
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shivering	shivering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | present | the shivering |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Light layers and drinks, heavy blankets can push the fever up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:31-why-we-sleep-when-ill:t2:o4:1
# text = Light layers and drinks, heavy blankets can push the fever up
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	layers	layer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | can | Light layers and drinks and heavy blankets | the fever |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Theme |

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