--- title: Why is it wiser to call medicine "medicine" around little children? — Balconies, blades, batteries and stran… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it wiser to call medicine "medicine" around little children? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/t9/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Balconies, blades, batteries and stran…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles Why is it wiser to call medicine "medicine" around little children? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, call · **To what, where:** medicine · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» of the everyday 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/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t9:1 # text = Why is it wiser to call medicine "medicine" around little children? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wiser wise ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 7 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 around around ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | | medicine | | | | around little children | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme medicine=Result | 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} So they do not think it is a treat and look for more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t9:o1:1 # text = So they do not think it is a treat and look for more 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 treat treat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | they | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | a treat | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | for more | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for more=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} So it tastes better to them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t9:o2:1 # text = So it tastes better to them 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tastes taste VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **taste** | present | it | | them *= they* | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to they=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because candy is more expensive ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t9:o3:1 # text = Because candy is more expensive 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 candy candy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | candy | | | | | expensive *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} So they learn a long word ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles:t9:o4:1 # text = So they learn a long word 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | they | a long word | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | **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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