--- title: Aunt felt better on a sugar pill in a trial. Was she faking? — How medicines work · tree and pragmatics description: Aunt felt better on a sugar pill in a trial. Was she faking? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · How medicines work Aunt felt better on a sugar pill in a trial. Was she faking? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aunt · **What happens:** feel, fake · **To what, where:** sugar pill This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aunt felt better on a sugar pill in a trial. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t6:1 # text = Aunt felt better on a sugar pill in a trial. 1 Aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pill pill NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | Aunt | | | a sugar pill | | in a trial; good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in trial=Attribute | 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:* Was she faking? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t6:2 # text = Was she faking? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 faking fake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fake** | past · progressive | Aunt | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, sugar cures everything if you believe ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t6:o1:1 # text = No, sugar cures everything if you believe 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cures cure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | present | sugar | everything | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer everything=Source | | 2 | **believe** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, sugar is a real medicine ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t6:o2:1 # text = Yes, sugar is a real medicine 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | sugar | a real medicine | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, she was lying to the doctors ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t6:o3:1 # text = Yes, she was lying to the doctors 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | she | | | | | to the doctors | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, people can really feel better because they expect to ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:17-how-medicines-work:t6:o4:1 # text = No, people can really feel better because they expect to 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 expect expect VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | can | people | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **expect** | present | people | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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