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title: Identify the principal reason for which a child ought not to consume… — Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a child ought not to consume medicine prescribed for another person. Exam question 1 of lesson 114 «Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 1 · Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals

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Identify the principal reason for which a child ought not to consume medicine prescribed for another person.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** identify, not consume, prescribe · **To what, where:** principal reason, medicine

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 114 «Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a child ought not to consume medicine prescribed for another person.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **consume** | ought | a child | medicine |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Asset |
| 3 | **prescribe** | participle |  | medicine *not said here* |  |  |  | for another person | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It was chosen for that person's body and illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e1:o1:1
# text = It was chosen for that person's body and illness
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for that person's body and illness | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for body=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All medicine loses its effect when it is shared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e1:o2:1
# text = All medicine loses its effect when it is shared
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | all medicine | medicine's effect |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality |
| 2 | **share** | present · passive |  | medicine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **effect** |  | medicine |  |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It will taste worse to a person who is not ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e1:o3:1
# text = It will taste worse to a person who is not ill
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | future | It |  |  |  |  | to a person; bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to person=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Medicine is only effective once it has been paid for

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e1:o4:1
# text = Medicine is only effective once it has been paid for
1	Medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Medicine |  |  |  |  | effective *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | present · perfect · passive |  | Medicine |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

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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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