--- title: Sam's snot's green so his mum wants antibiotics. What would a GP mos… — Colds and flu · tree and pragmatics description: Sam's snot's green so his mum wants antibiotics. What would a GP most likely say? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 7 «Colds and flu» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Colds and flu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/7-colds-and-flu/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · Colds and flu Sam's snot's green so his mum wants antibiotics. What would a GP most likely say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, GP · **What happens:** want, say · **To what, where:** antibiotics · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 7 «Colds and flu» 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/7-colds-and-flu/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sam's snot's green so his mum wants antibiotics. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t2:1 # text = Sam's snot's green so his mum wants antibiotics. 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 snot snot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | Sam's mum | antibiotics | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot antibiotic=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would a GP most likely say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t2:2 # text = What would a GP most likely say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 GP gp NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 likely likely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a GP | | | | | likely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Green snot needs a small operation ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t2:o1:1 # text = Green snot needs a small operation 1 Green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 snot snot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Green snot | a small operation | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot operation=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Take your sister's leftover pills ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t2:o2:1 # text = Take your sister's leftover pills 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 leftover leftover NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 pills pill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | your sister's leftover pills | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pill=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Take antibiotics straight away, before it spreads ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t2:o3:1 # text = Take antibiotics straight away, before it spreads 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 spreads spread VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | antibiotics | | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antibiotic=Theme | | 2 | **spread** | present | it | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Wait it out; most green snot needs no antibiotics ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t2:o4:1 # text = Wait it out; most green snot needs no antibiotics 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 6 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 snot snot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 antibiotics antibiotic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | present | most green snot | no antibiotics | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot antibiotic=Theme | **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. 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