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title: "doc gave me nothing for my cold!! rubbish doctor innit, I wanted an… — Colds, coughs and the weather · tree and pragmatics
description: "doc gave me nothing for my cold!! rubbish doctor innit, I wanted antibiotics" What's the truth? Test 5 · ★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather

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"doc gave me nothing for my cold!! rubbish doctor innit, I wanted antibiotics" What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** doc, I, antibiotics · **What happens:** give, want, be · **To what, where:** nothing, me, antibiotics, truth

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t5:1
# text = "doc gave me nothing for my cold!! rubbish doctor innit, I wanted antibiotics" What's the truth?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	doc	doc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
10	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
16	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past | doc | nothing | me |  |  | for my cold; rubbish doctor innit *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient nothing=Theme for cold=Asset |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | past | I | antibiotics and the truth |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot antibiotic=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | antibiotics and the truth | the truth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He should have given a double dose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t5:o1:1
# text = He should have given a double dose
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dose	dose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | should · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient dose=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The doctor was right, antibiotics don't work on cold viruses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t5:o2:1
# text = The doctor was right, antibiotics don't work on cold viruses
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the doctor |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | antibiotics |  |  |  |  | on cold viruses | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on virus=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Antibiotics work on colds only in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t5:o3:1
# text = Antibiotics work on colds only in winter
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Antibiotics |  |  |  | winter | on colds | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on cold=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The doctor just forgot that antibiotics cure colds really fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t5:o4:1
# text = The doctor just forgot that antibiotics cure colds really fast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cure	cure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | the doctor |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cure** | present | antibiotics | colds |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source |

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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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