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title: Isla laughs: «pure dead brilliant, it says not for children on the c… — Energy drinks: why they're not for kids · tree and pragmatics
description: Isla laughs: «pure dead brilliant, it says not for children on the can itself». What should she take from it? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 6 · ★ · Energy drinks: why they're not for kids

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Isla laughs: «pure dead brilliant, it says not for children on the can itself». What should she take from it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Isla, it · **What happens:** laugh, not say, take · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» 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/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Isla laughs: «pure dead brilliant, it says not for children on the can itself».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t6:1
# text = Isla laughs: «pure dead brilliant, it says not for children on the can itself».
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	ccomp	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Isla |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should she take from it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t6:2
# text = What should she take from it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | should | Isla |  |  | it |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent what=Theme from it=Initial\_Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The makers say it's not for kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t6:o1:1
# text = The makers say it's not for kids
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the makers |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for kids | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's for children who play sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t6:o2:1
# text = It's for children who play sport
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for children | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | present | children | sport |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's a joke and means nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t6:o3:1
# text = It's a joke and means nothing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It means only after a match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t6:o4:1
# text = It means only after a match
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | a match |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Topic |

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