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title: Jake's mate: «my cousin's a doctor and says antibiotics fix colds, n… — Olympiad: odd one out, the right order… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake's mate: «my cousin's a doctor and says antibiotics fix colds, no cap». How do you check that claim? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 77 «Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★

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Jake's mate: «my cousin's a doctor and says antibiotics fix colds, no cap». How do you check that claim?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, mate, antibiotics, you · **What happens:** be, say, fix, check · **To what, where:** colds, claim · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 77 «Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★» 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/77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake's mate: «my cousin's a doctor and says antibiotics fix colds, no cap».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t8:1
# text = Jake's mate: «my cousin's a doctor and says antibiotics fix colds, no cap».
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fix	fix	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
15	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Jake's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fix** *in a quote* | present | antibiotics | colds |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cold=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:* How do you check that claim?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t8:2
# text = How do you check that claim?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present · do-support | you | that claim |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Colds are bacteria, so he's right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t8:o1:1
# text = Colds are bacteria, so he's right
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Colds | bacteria |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | he | bacteria *not said here* |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Colds are viruses, antibiotics only hit bacteria

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t8:o2:1
# text = Colds are viruses, antibiotics only hit bacteria
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Colds | viruses and antibiotics |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hit** | past | viruses and antibiotics | bacteria |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bacterium=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Antibiotics fix everything with a fever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t8:o3:1
# text = Antibiotics fix everything with a fever
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fix	fix	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	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present | Antibiotics | everything |  |  |  | with a fever | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient with fever=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask how old his cousin is first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales:t8:o4:1
# text = Ask how old his cousin is first
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | his cousin |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

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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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