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title: Ill, not hungry at all, but sipping water fine. Should Mum worry abo… — Fever · tree and pragmatics
description: Ill, not hungry at all, but sipping water fine. Should Mum worry about the food? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 8 «Fever» 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 10 · ★ · Fever

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Ill, not hungry at all, but sipping water fine. Should Mum worry about the food?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** sip, worry · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 8 «Fever» 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/8-fever/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ill, not hungry at all, but sipping water fine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t10:1
# text = Ill, not hungry at all, but sipping water fine.
1	Ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	sipping	sip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sip** | gerund |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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:* Should Mum worry about the food?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t10:2
# text = Should Mum worry about the food?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | should | Mum |  |  |  |  | about the food | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about food=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

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

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Not much; not eating is normal, drinking matters more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t10:o1:1
# text = Not much; not eating is normal, drinking matters more
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	nsubj	_	_
10	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | gerund | much *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | much |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **drink** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **matter** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, but stop the water too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t10:o2:1
# text = No, but stop the water too
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present |  | the water |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality water=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, she should make him eat a big meal right now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, she should make him eat a big meal right now
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | should | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | a big meal |  |  | now |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, call 999

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, call 999
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | 999 |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |

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