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title: Identify the means by which an orally administered medicine reaches… — How medicines work · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the means by which an orally administered medicine reaches the site of pain. Exam question 1 of lesson 17 «How medicines work» of the medicine 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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# Exam question 1 · How medicines work

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Identify the means by which an orally administered medicine reaches the site of pain.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the, administered medicine · **What happens:** identify, mean, administer, reach · **To what, where:** site · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «How medicines work» of the medicine 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/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e1:1
# text = Identify the means by which an orally administered medicine reaches the site of pain.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	orally	orally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **administer** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | orally *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **reach** | present | a administered medicine | the site of pain |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent site=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It remains within the stomach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e1:o1:1
# text = It remains within the stomach
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | It |  |  |  |  | within the stomach | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It travels through the throat directly to the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e1:o2:1
# text = It travels through the throat directly to the head
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | It |  |  | the throat |  | to the head; directly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to head=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is absorbed into the blood and distributed throughout the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e1:o3:1
# text = It is absorbed into the blood and distributed throughout the body
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	absorbed	absorb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	distributed	distribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absorb** | present · passive |  | It |  | the blood |  |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **distribute** | past |  |  |  |  | throughout the body |  | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is directed by the nervous system straight to the painful site

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e1:o4:1
# text = It is directed by the nervous system straight to the painful site
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	painful	painful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | present · passive | the nervous system | It |  |  |  | to the painful site | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |

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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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