--- title: Calpol fixed my headache, so it cured whatever caused it, right? — How medicines work · tree and pragmatics description: Calpol fixed my headache, so it cured whatever caused it, right? Test 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/t1/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [How medicines work](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · How medicines work Calpol fixed my headache, so it cured whatever caused it, right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Calpol, headache, whatever · **What happens:** fix, cure, cause · **To what, where:** headache This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «How medicines work» of the medicine 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/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t1:1 # text = Calpol fixed my headache, so it cured whatever caused it, right? 1 Calpol Calpol PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 headache headache NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cured cure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | past | Calpol | my headache | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent headache=Patient | | 2 | **cure** | past | headache | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cause** | past | whatever | headache | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient | 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 {#o1} Yes, painkillers always cure the cause ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t1:o1:1 # text = Yes, painkillers always cure the cause 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 painkillers painkiller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 cure cure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | present | painkillers | the cause | | | | always *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cause=Source | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it eases the pain while the body heals ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t1:o2:1 # text = No, it eases the pain while the body heals 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eases ease VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heals heal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ease** | present | it | the pain | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pain=Patient | | 2 | **heal** | present | the body | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, and it stops all future headaches too ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t1:o3:1 # text = Yes, and it stops all future headaches too 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 headaches headache NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | it | future headaches | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality headache=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} No, it makes headaches worse later ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t1:o4:1 # text = No, it makes headaches worse later 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 headaches headache NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 7 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | it | headaches | | | | bad, late *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material headache=Product | **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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