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title: Ellie has a fever, is very sleepy and floppy, and has purple spots t… — Fever · tree and pragmatics
description: Ellie has a fever, is very sleepy and floppy, and has purple spots that stay when a glass is pressed. What now? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · Fever

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Ellie has a fever, is very sleepy and floppy, and has purple spots that stay when a glass is pressed. What now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ellie, purple spots · **What happens:** have, be, stay, press · **To what, where:** fever, purple spots, glass

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ellie has a fever, is very sleepy and floppy, and has purple spots that stay when a glass is pressed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t5:1
# text = Ellie has a fever, is very sleepy and floppy, and has purple spots that stay when a glass is pressed.
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	floppy	floppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	22	mark	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Ellie | a fever |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | present |  | purple spots |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient |
| 5 | **stay** | present | purple spots |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **press** | present · passive |  | a glass |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t5:2
# text = What now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

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

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Call 999 or go straight to A&E

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t5:o1:1
# text = Call 999 or go straight to A&E
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	&	&	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	E	E	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | a E |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to e=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Let her sleep and wait until the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t5:o2:1
# text = Let her sleep and wait until the morning
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | morning |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Send her to school as normal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t5:o3:1
# text = Send her to school as normal
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* | school |  | as normal | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to school=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Give her a cold bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:8-fever:t5:o4:1
# text = Give her a cold bath
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a cold bath | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient bath=Theme |

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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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