--- title: My friend says the herbal pills are natural so they can't hurt you.… — How medicines work · tree and pragmatics description: My friend says the herbal pills are natural so they can't hurt you. What's wrong? Test 5 · ★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · How medicines work My friend says the herbal pills are natural so they can't hurt you. What's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, herbal pills, pills · **What happens:** say, be, not hurt · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* My friend says the herbal pills are natural so they can't hurt you. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t5:1 # text = My friend says the herbal pills are natural so they can't hurt you. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 herbal herbal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 pills pill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the herbal pills | | | | | natural *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **hurt** | can | pills *= pill* | you | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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. *Sentence 2:* What's wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t5:2 # text = What's wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Natural pills are tested more than others ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t5:o1:1 # text = Natural pills are tested more than others 1 Natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pills pill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 tested test VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 7 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | present · passive | | Natural pills | | | | others *obl* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Herbs can't have side effects ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t5:o2:1 # text = Herbs can't have side effects 1 Herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 effects effect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | can | Herbs | side effects | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Natural doesn't always mean safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t5:o3:1 # text = Natural doesn't always mean safe 1 Natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | Natural | | | | | always, safe *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, he's right about herbal pills ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t5:o4:1 # text = Nothing, he's right about herbal pills 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 herbal herbal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 pills pill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | about herbal pills; right *property* | tree rules | **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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