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title: Which of these is the safest rule about medicine? — Getting better, caring for others and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of these is the safest rule about medicine? Test 4 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Getting better, caring for others and medicines

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Which of these is the safest rule about medicine?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t4:1
# text = Which of these is the safest rule about medicine?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the safest rule; about medicine | 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 {#o1}

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Take medicine whenever you feel tired or a bit low

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t4:o1:1
# text = Take medicine whenever you feel tired or a bit low
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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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 |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | present | you |  |  |  |  | tired, whenever *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Only take medicine a trusted adult gives you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t4:o2:1
# text = Only take medicine a trusted adult gives you
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	_	_
```

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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 |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |
| 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 3 {#o3}

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Take medicine if a friend says it helped them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t4:o3:1
# text = Take medicine if a friend says it helped them
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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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 |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **help** | past | friend | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Take medicine if the box looks friendly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:82-getting-better-and-medicines:t4:o4:1
# text = Take medicine if the box looks friendly
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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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 |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |
| 2 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the box |  |  |  |  | friendly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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