--- title: Mum gave me cold syrup and then paracetamol. What should she check f… — The right dose and never more than · tree and pragmatics description: Mum gave me cold syrup and then paracetamol. What should she check first? Test 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. --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · The right dose and never more than Mum gave me cold syrup and then paracetamol. What should she check first? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** give, check · **To what, where:** cold syrup, me This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum gave me cold syrup and then paracetamol. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t4:1 # text = Mum gave me cold syrup and then paracetamol. 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 syrup syrup NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 paracetamol paracetamol NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Mum | cold syrup and paracetamol | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient syrup=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:* What should she check first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t4:2 # text = What should she check first? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | should | Mum | | | | | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Whether the syrup is the red or the yellow kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t4:o1:1 # text = Whether the syrup is the red or the yellow kind 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 syrup syrup NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the syrup | | | | | red *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Whether I'm hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t4:o2:1 # text = Whether I'm hungry 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Whether the syrup already has paracetamol in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t4:o3:1 # text = Whether the syrup already has paracetamol in it 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 syrup syrup NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 paracetamol paracetamol NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the syrup | paracetamol | | paracetamol | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paracetamol=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, mixing any medicines together is fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t4:o4:1 # text = Nothing, mixing any medicines together is fine 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 mixing mix VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 medicines medicine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | any medicines | | | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | fine *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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