--- title: Nan won't believe you about viruses and keeps nagging about your coa… — Colds, coughs and the weather · tree and pragmatics description: Nan won't believe you about viruses and keeps nagging about your coat. What's the wisest move? Test 4 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Colds, coughs and the weather](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather Nan won't believe you about viruses and keeps nagging about your coat. What's the wisest move? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nan, wisest move · **What happens:** not believe, keep, nag, be · **To what, where:** you This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Nan won't believe you about viruses and keeps nagging about your coat. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t4:1 # text = Nan won't believe you about viruses and keeps nagging about your coat. 1 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 viruses virus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 nagging nag VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | future | Nan | you | | | | about viruses | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 2 | **keep** | present | Nan *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **nag** | gerund | Nan *not said here* | | | | | about your coat | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the wisest move? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t4:2 # text = What's the wisest move? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the wisest move | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Shout that she's been wrong for fifty years ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t4:o1:1 # text = Shout that she's been wrong for fifty years 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | year | wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go out without it to prove your point ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t4:o2:1 # text = Go out without it to prove your point 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | without it; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **prove** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your point | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme | | 3 | **point** | | your | | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Refuse to wear it until she admits she's wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t4:o3:1 # text = Refuse to wear it until she admits she's wrong 1 Refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 admits admit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **wear** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | she | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | she | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Wear the coat, it's cosy, and gently say the cold itself is a virus ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t4:o4:1 # text = Wear the coat, it's cosy, and gently say the cold itself is a virus 1 Wear wear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 cosy cosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 gently gently ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 13 nmod:unmarked _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 virus virus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | infinitive | | the coat | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | coat | | | | | cosy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | the cold coat | | | | gently *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cold=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | present | | a virus | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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