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title: heard a girl took a whole bunch of her mum's tablets to get better f… — Getting better, caring for others and… · tree and pragmatics
description: heard a girl took a whole bunch of her mum's tablets to get better faster and ended up in hospital, what's the real lesson Test 16 · ★ of lesson 82 «Getting better, caring for others and medicines» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 16 · ★ · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

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heard a girl took a whole bunch of her mum's tablets to get better faster and ended up in hospital, what's the real lesson

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, hospital · **What happens:** hear, take, get, end up, be · **To what, where:** whole bunch, hospital, real lesson

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 82 «Getting better, caring for others and medicines» 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/82-getting-better-and-medicines/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t16:1
# text = heard a girl took a whole bunch of her mum's tablets to get better faster and ended up in hospital, what's the real lesson
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
15	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	xcomp	_	_
16	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **take** | past | a girl | a whole bunch of girl's mum's tablets |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bunch=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | fast, good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **end up** | past | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in hospital and the real lesson *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hospital=Result |
| 5 | **is a** | present | hospital and the real lesson | the real lesson |  |  |  |  | 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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Only take medicine a trusted adult gives you, in the right dose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t16:o1:1
# text = Only take medicine a trusted adult gives you, in the right dose
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	dose	dose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | medicine |  | the right dose |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent medicine=Value in dose=Location |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | present | a trusted adult |  | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tablets only work if you take lots at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t16:o2:1
# text = Tablets only work if you take lots at once
1	Tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Tablets |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | lots |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent lot=Theme at once=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Medicine is safe if it is in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t16:o3:1
# text = Medicine is safe if it is in the kitchen
1	Medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Medicine |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Medicine |  |  | the kitchen |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum's tablets are fine, just take fewer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t16:o4:1
# text = Mum's tablets are fine, just take fewer
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum's tablets |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive |  | fewer |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme |

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