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title: "Mum literally said if I sit by the open window I'll catch a cold. I… — Colds, coughs and the weather · tree and pragmatics
description: "Mum literally said if I sit by the open window I'll catch a cold. Is that a thing?" Test 2 · ★ of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» of the myths 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 2 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather

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"Mum literally said if I sit by the open window I'll catch a cold. Is that a thing?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, I · **What happens:** say, sit, catch, be · **To what, where:** cold · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» of the myths 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/myths/4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Mum literally said if I sit by the open window I'll catch a cold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t2:1
# text = "Mum literally said if I sit by the open window I'll catch a cold.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Mum |  |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sit** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | by the open window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location |
| 3 | **catch** *in a quote* | future | I | a cold |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=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:* Is that a thing?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t2:2
# text = Is that a thing?"
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	that	that	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only after dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only after dark
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Feeling chilly won't give you one, a virus from someone will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t2:o2:1
# text = Feeling chilly won't give you one, a virus from someone will
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	chilly	chilly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nmod	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | chilly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **give** | future | Feeling | one | you |  |  | a virus from someone *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient one=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only if the window faces north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t2:o3:1
# text = Only if the window faces north
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	faces	face	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	north	north	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | present | the window |  |  |  |  | north *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, cold draughts carry colds in from outside through the gaps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, cold draughts carry colds in from outside through the gaps
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	draughts	draught	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | cold draughts | colds |  | the gaps |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cold=Value in outside=Location |

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