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title: Lily's eyes stream in spring, and her friend won't sit near her in c… — Sore throats, ears and eyes · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily's eyes stream in spring, and her friend won't sit near her in case she catches it. Fair? Test 3 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» 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 · Sore throats, ears and eyes

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Lily's eyes stream in spring, and her friend won't sit near her in case she catches it. Fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eyes, friend · **What happens:** stream, not sit, catch · **To what, where:** case

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This is test 3 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» 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/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily's eyes stream in spring, and her friend won't sit near her in case she catches it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t3:1
# text = Lily's eyes stream in spring, and her friend won't sit near her in case she catches it.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stream	stream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	19	mark	_	_
17	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	fixed	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stream** | present | Lily's eyes |  |  |  | spring |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **sit** | future | Lily's friend |  |  |  |  | near Lily | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near she=Location |
| 3 | **catch** | present | friend | case |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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:* Fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t3:2
# text = Fair?
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	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 {#o1}

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No, but it spreads by touching her hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t3:o1:1
# text = No, but it spreads by touching her hands
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spreads	spread	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **touch** | gerund |  | her hands |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hand=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it spreads just like a cold does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, it spreads just like a cold does
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spreads	spread	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | it |  |  |  |  | like a cold | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it spreads through the air in the classroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, it spreads through the air in the classroom
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spreads	spread	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | it |  |  | the air |  | in the classroom | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, pollen allergy is not catching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t3:o4:1
# text = No, pollen allergy is not catching
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | present · progressive | pollen allergy |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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