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title: Forgot two doses, so I'll take three at once to catch up. OK? — How medicines work · tree and pragmatics
description: Forgot two doses, so I'll take three at once to catch up. OK? Test 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · How medicines work

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forgot two doses, so I'll take three at once to catch up. OK?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** forget, take, catch up · **To what, where:** two doses, three

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Forgot two doses, so I'll take three at once to catch up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t4:1
# text = Forgot two doses, so I'll take three at once to catch up.
1	Forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	doses	dose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past |  | two doses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | future | I | three |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent three=Theme at once=Asset |
| 3 | **catch up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* OK?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t4:2
# text = OK?
1	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, that's how you catch up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, that's how you catch up
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch up** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, taking doses all at once is dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t4:o2:1
# text = No, taking doses all at once is dangerous
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
4	doses	dose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | doses |  |  |  | once *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dose=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | taking |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, double or triple is always fine if you missed some

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, double or triple is always fine if you missed some
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	triple	triple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | triple |  |  |  |  | always, fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **miss** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | some |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer some=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, take five instead to be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t4:o4:1
# text = No, take five instead to be safe
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | five |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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