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title: Whereas a patient has been furnished with a course of antibiotics an… — Antibiotics, viruses and side effects · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a patient has been furnished with a course of antibiotics and reports improvement after two days, determine the conduct generally advised. Exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Antibiotics, viruses and side effects» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 3 · Antibiotics, viruses and side effects

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Whereas a patient has been furnished with a course of antibiotics and reports improvement after two days, determine the conduct generally advised.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** furnish, determine, advise · **To what, where:** patient, conduct

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Antibiotics, viruses and side effects» 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/19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e3:1
# text = Whereas a patient has been furnished with a course of antibiotics and reports improvement after two days, determine the conduct generally advised.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	compound	_	_
14	improvement	improvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
19	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	advised	advise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | present · perfect · passive |  | a patient |  |  | day | with a course of antibiotics and reports improvement | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with course=Theme |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 3 | **advise** *speech: other* | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  | generally *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

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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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Substitution with a herbal preparation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e3:o1:1
# text = Substitution with a herbal preparation
1	Substitution	substitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	herbal	herbal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	preparation	preparation	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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Doubling of the dose to hasten recovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e3:o2:1
# text = Doubling of the dose to hasten recovery
1	Doubling	doubling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dose	dose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hasten	hasten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hasten** | to-infinitive |  | recovery |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent recovery=Patient |
| 2 | **double** |  |  | the dose |  |  |  |  | nom doubling «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Continuance as prescribed, with consultation prior to cessation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e3:o3:1
# text = Continuance as prescribed, with consultation prior to cessation
1	Continuance	continuance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prescribe** | participle |  | Continuance *not said here* |  |  |  | with consultation prior cessation | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Immediate cessation and retention of the remainder for future illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:e3:o4:1
# text = Immediate cessation and retention of the remainder for future illness
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	retention	retention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** |  |  | the remainder for future illness |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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