---
title: Sashko's granny says a draught gave him a cold. What is the scientif… — Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sashko's granny says a draught gave him a cold. What is the scientific truth? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/t2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/) / [Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/) / t2

# Test 2 · ★★ · Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sashko's granny says a draught gave him a cold. What is the scientific truth?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** granny, draught, scientific truth · **What happens:** say, give, be · **To what, where:** cold, Sashko · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/#t2).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Sashko's granny says a draught gave him a cold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t2:1
# text = Sashko's granny says a draught gave him a cold.
1	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sashko's granny |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | past | a draught | a cold | Sashko |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cold=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What is the scientific truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t2:2
# text = What is the scientific truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	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	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the scientific truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Colds come from viruses, not from draughts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t2:o1:1
# text = Colds come from viruses, not from draughts
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	draughts	draught	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Colds |  |  | viruses |  | from draughts | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from virus=Initial\_Location from draught=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Open windows cause flu every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t2:o2:1
# text = Open windows cause flu every time
1	Open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	flu	flu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Open windows | flu |  |  | time |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition flu=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cold air turns into germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t2:o3:1
# text = Cold air turns into germs
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Cold air |  |  | germs |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into germ=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Draughts always cause colds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow:t2:o4:1
# text = Draughts always cause colds
1	Draughts	draught	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Draughts | colds |  |  |  | always *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cold=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/t1/)
- next →: [Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today…, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/t3/)
- ↑ back to [Snowmen, woolly hats, draughts — today and tomorrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/)