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title: Ascertain why medicine ought always to be referred to as medicine, a… — Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain why medicine ought always to be referred to as medicine, and never as sweets or candy. Exam question 4 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 option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 4 · Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals

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Ascertain why medicine ought always to be referred to as medicine, and never as sweets or candy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, refer · **To what, where:** medicine

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e4:1
# text = Ascertain why medicine ought always to be referred to as medicine, and never as sweets or candy.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	referred	refer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	parataxis	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	candy	candy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **refer** | ought · passive |  | medicine |  |  |  | as medicine; always *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

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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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So that the medicine has a more pleasant taste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e4:o1:1
# text = So that the medicine has a more pleasant taste
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the medicine | a pleasant taste |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because it is unlawful to describe it as candy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e4:o2:1
# text = Because it is unlawful to describe it as candy
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	candy	candy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | unlawful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | as candy | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as candy=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because sweets are more harmful than medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e4:o3:1
# text = Because sweets are more harmful than medicine
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | sweets |  |  |  |  | than medicine; harmful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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So children do not seek it out to eat more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:e4:o4:1
# text = So children do not seek it out to eat more
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **seek out** | present · do-support | children | it |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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