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title: Lily swallowed some pills and Mum wants to make her sick. What's rig… — The right dose and never more than · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily swallowed some pills and Mum wants to make her sick. What's right? Test 6 · ★★ 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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# Test 6 · ★★ · The right dose and never more than

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Lily swallowed some pills and Mum wants to make her sick. What's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, Mum · **What happens:** swallow, want, make, be · **To what, where:** pills

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily swallowed some pills and Mum wants to make her sick.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t6:1
# text = Lily swallowed some pills and Mum wants to make her sick.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	pills	pill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | past | Lily | some pills |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pill=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t6:2
# text = What's right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, make her sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, make her sick
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Give her more pills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t6:o2:1
# text = Give her more pills
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	pills	pill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | more pills | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient pill=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Don't make her sick; call 111 or 999 and bring the packet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t6:o3:1
# text = Don't make her sick; call 111 or 999 and bring the packet
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	111	111	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive |  | 111 |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 111=Recipient |
| 3 | **bring** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the packet |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent packet=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Give her a glass of milk and wait a few hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than:t6:o4:1
# text = Give her a glass of milk and wait a few hours
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a glass of milk | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient glass=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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