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title: "I've got flu" says Olly, but he's playing football with a runny nos… — Colds and flu · tree and pragmatics
description: "I've got flu" says Olly, but he's playing football with a runny nose. Is it likely flu? Test 3 · ★★★ 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.
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Colds and flu

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"I've got flu" says Olly, but he's playing football with a runny nose. Is it likely flu?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Olly, football · **What happens:** get, say, play, be · **To what, where:** flu, football, likely flu · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "I've got flu" says Olly, but he's playing football with a runny nose.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t3:1
# text = "I've got flu" says Olly, but he's playing football with a runny nose.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
5	flu	flu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Olly	Olly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
14	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	runny	runny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Olly | flu |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flu=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Olly |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **play** | present · progressive | Olly | football |  |  |  | with a runny nose | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent football=Theme with nose=Co-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:* Is it likely flu?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t3:2
# text = Is it likely flu?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	flu	flu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | football | likely flu |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, flu is just a bit of a sniffle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, flu is just a bit of a sniffle
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	flu	flu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sniffle	sniffle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | flu | a bit |  |  |  | of a sniffle | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it is hay fever for sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t3:o2:1
# text = No, it is hay fever for sure
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | hay fever |  |  |  | for sure | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, playing football in the cold causes flu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, playing football in the cold causes flu
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	flu	flu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | football |  | the cold |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | present | playing | flu |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition flu=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, real flu usually puts you in bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:7-colds-and-flu:t3:o4:1
# text = No, real flu usually puts you in bed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	flu	flu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present |  | real flu |  | bed |  | usually *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme in bed=Destination |

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