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title: Mum's got some old antibiotics in a drawer. What's best? — Antibiotics, viruses and side effects · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum's got some old antibiotics in a drawer. What's best? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «Antibiotics, viruses and side effects» 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 8 · ★ · Antibiotics, viruses and side effects

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Mum's got some old antibiotics in a drawer. What's best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** old antibiotics, drawer

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «Antibiotics, viruses and side effects» 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/19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum's got some old antibiotics in a drawer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:t8:1
# text = Mum's got some old antibiotics in a drawer.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	drawer	drawer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | Mum | some old antibiotics |  | a drawer |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer antibiotic=Stimulus |

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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 best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:t8:2
# text = What's best?
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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	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 |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Save them in the drawer for the next sore throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:t8:o1:1
# text = Save them in the drawer for the next sore throat
1	Save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drawer	drawer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the drawer |  | for the next sore throat | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme for throat=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Take them back to the pharmacy for safe disposal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:t8:o2:1
# text = Take them back to the pharmacy for safe disposal
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pharmacy	pharmacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take back** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the pharmacy |  | for safe disposal | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to pharmacy=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give them to the dog if it ever looks a bit poorly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:t8:o3:1
# text = Give them to the dog if it ever looks a bit poorly
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  | to the dog | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to dog=Recipient |
| 2 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | dog | a bit |  |  | ever | poorly *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bit=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Flush them down the toilet so nobody can find them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects:t8:o4:1
# text = Flush them down the toilet so nobody can find them
1	Flush	flush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flush down** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | can | nobody | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

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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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