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title: Leo has a cold and asks for antibiotics. Why will the doctor probabl… — Medicines, doctors and hospitals · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo has a cold and asks for antibiotics. Why will the doctor probably say no? Test 1 of lesson 94 «Medicines, doctors and hospitals» of the world 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 1 · Medicines, doctors and hospitals

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Leo has a cold and asks for antibiotics. Why will the doctor probably say no?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, doctor · **What happens:** have, ask, say · **To what, where:** cold · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 94 «Medicines, doctors and hospitals» of the world 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/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo has a cold and asks for antibiotics.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t1:1
# text = Leo has a cold and asks for antibiotics.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Leo | a cold |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Leo *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for antibiotics | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why will the doctor probably say no?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t1:2
# text = Why will the doctor probably say no?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | the doctor |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Colds are caused by viruses, and antibiotics do not kill viruses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t1:o1:1
# text = Colds are caused by viruses, and antibiotics do not kill viruses
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | viruses | Colds |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **kill** | present · do-support | antibiotics | viruses |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virus=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Colds are caused by bacteria that antibiotics cannot reach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t1:o2:1
# text = Colds are caused by bacteria that antibiotics cannot reach
1	Colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
7	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | bacteria | Colds |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **reach** | can | antibiotics | bacteria |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Antibiotics are only for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t1:o3:1
# text = Antibiotics are only for adults
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Antibiotics |  |  |  |  | for adults | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Antibiotics make colds last forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t1:o4:1
# text = Antibiotics make colds last forever
1	Antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Antibiotics | colds |  |  |  | forever, last *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cold=Product |

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