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title: State the recommended disposal of medicines whose date of expiry has… — The right dose and never more than · tree and pragmatics
description: State the recommended disposal of medicines whose date of expiry has passed. Exam question 4 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 right.
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# Exam question 4 · The right dose and never more than

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State the recommended disposal of medicines whose date of expiry has passed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** date · **What happens:** recommend, pass

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e4:1
# text = State the recommended disposal of medicines whose date of expiry has passed.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	expiry	expiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pass** | present · perfect | date of expiry |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Return to a pharmacy for safe disposal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e4:o1:1
# text = Return to a pharmacy for safe disposal
1	Return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pharmacy	pharmacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Disposal by flushing into the public sewer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e4:o2:1
# text = Disposal by flushing into the public sewer
1	Disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	flushing	flush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sewer	sewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flush** | gerund | Disposal *not said here* |  |  | the public sewer |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Disposal into a watercourse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e4:o3:1
# text = Disposal into a watercourse
1	Disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	watercourse	watercourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Consumption without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:e4:o4:1
# text = Consumption without delay
1	Consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	without	without	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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