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title: Identify the principal hazard associated with an excessive dose of p… — The right dose and never more than · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal hazard associated with an excessive dose of paracetamol. Exam question 1 of lesson 18 «The right dose and never more than» 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 1 · The right dose and never more than

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Identify the principal hazard associated with an excessive dose of paracetamol.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, associate · **To what, where:** principal hazard

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 18 «The right dose and never more than» 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/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal hazard associated with an excessive dose of paracetamol.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	associated	associate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dose	dose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	paracetamol	paracetamol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal hazard |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme |
| 2 | **associate** | participle |  | the principal hazard *not said here* |  |  |  | with a excessive dose of paracetamol | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with dose=Co-Patient |

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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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An immediate and harmless drowsiness, passing within the hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e1:o1:1
# text = An immediate and harmless drowsiness, passing within the hour
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	drowsiness	drowsiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund | a immediate drowsiness *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No hazard whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e1:o2:1
# text = No hazard whatsoever
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An improvement in the efficacy of the medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e1:o3:1
# text = An improvement in the efficacy of the medicine
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	improvement	improvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Serious damage to the liver, which may initially be without symptoms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e1:o4:1
# text = Serious damage to the liver, which may initially be without symptoms
1	Serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	liver	liver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	initially	initially	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	symptoms	symptom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | Serious damage to the liver and symptoms |  |  |  |  | without symptoms; initially *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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