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title: State the reason for which liquid medicines are measured with a cali… — How medicines work · tree and pragmatics
description: State the reason for which liquid medicines are measured with a calibrated syringe. Exam question 4 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 4 · How medicines work

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State the reason for which liquid medicines are measured with a calibrated syringe.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** measure, calibrate · **To what, where:** liquid medicines

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e4:1
# text = State the reason for which liquid medicines are measured with a calibrated syringe.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	measured	measure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	calibrated	calibrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	syringe	syringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present · passive |  | liquid medicines |  |  |  | for the reason; with a calibrated syringe | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value |
| 2 | **calibrate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Syringes alter the strength of the medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e4:o1:1
# text = Syringes alter the strength of the medicine
1	Syringes	syringe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	alter	alter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | present | Syringes | the strength of the medicine |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent strength=Patient |

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

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Household spoons vary in capacity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e4:o2:1
# text = Household spoons vary in capacity
1	Household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	spoons	spoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vary	vary	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vary** | present | Household spoons |  |  | capacity |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spoons react chemically with medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e4:o3:1
# text = Spoons react chemically with medicine
1	Spoons	spoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	react	react	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	chemically	chemically	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **react** | present | Spoons |  |  |  |  | with medicine; chemically *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with medicine=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Syringes are required by school rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:e4:o4:1
# text = Syringes are required by school rules
1	Syringes	syringe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | school rules | Syringes |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

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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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