--- title: Grandma takes eight pills a day. More pills means healthier? — The right dose and never more than · tree and pragmatics description: Grandma takes eight pills a day. More pills means healthier? Test 11 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/t11/) [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/) / [The right dose and never more than](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · The right dose and never more than Grandma takes eight pills a day. More pills means healthier? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandma, More pills · **What happens:** take, mean · **To what, where:** eight pills This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The right dose and never more than» 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/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandma takes eight pills a day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t11:1 # text = Grandma takes eight pills a day. 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 pills pill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | Grandma | eight pills | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pill=Theme | 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:* More pills means healthier? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t11:2 # text = More pills means healthier? 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 pills pill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 healthier healthy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | More pills | | | | | healthy *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, she should stop them all herself and see how she feels ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t11:o1:1 # text = No, she should stop them all herself and see how she feels 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ 8 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | should | she | them *= they* | | | | herself *= she* *obl* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector they=Eventuality | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **feel** | present | she | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, a pharmacist can review whether she needs them all ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t11:o2:1 # text = No, a pharmacist can review whether she needs them all 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pharmacist pharmacist NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 review review VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **review** | can | a pharmacist | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | present | pharmacist | them *= they* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, more is better ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, more is better 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 advcl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, double them ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, double them 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 double double VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **double** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | **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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