--- title: Mum, a bit embarrassed: "It's just my tablets, love, I take them eve… — Going to the doctor and the chemist · tree and pragmatics description: Mum, a bit embarrassed: "It's just my tablets, love, I take them every day." What is best? 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What is best? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bit, I · **What happens:** be, take · **To what, where:** tablets This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Going to the doctor and the chemist» of the adult life 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/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum, a bit embarrassed: "It's just my tablets, love, I take them every day." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t8:1 # text = Mum, a bit embarrassed: "It's just my tablets, love, I take them every day." 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 tablets tablet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bit | my tablets and love | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present | I | tablets *= tablet* | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 is best? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t8:2 # text = What is best? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Accept it; daily medicine is common and private ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t8:o1:1 # text = Accept it; daily medicine is common and private 1 Accept accept VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | daily medicine | | | | | common *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | daily medicine *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tell everyone at school about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t8:o2:1 # text = Tell everyone at school about it 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 iobj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | everyone | | | about school; about school | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient about it=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Take one to see what it does ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t8:o3:1 # text = Take one to see what it does 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | one | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | present | it | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Hide the tablets so she cannot take them ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist:t8:o4:1 # text = Hide the tablets so she cannot take them 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tablets tablet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tablets | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Patient | | 2 | **not** **take** | can | she | tablets *= tablet* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | **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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