--- title: Identify the principal reason for which certain medicaments are reta… — At the pharmacy · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which certain medicaments are retained behind the pharmacy counter. Exam question 2 of lesson 20 «At the pharmacy» 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/20-at-the-pharmacy/e2/) [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/) / [At the pharmacy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · At the pharmacy Identify the principal reason for which certain medicaments are retained behind the pharmacy counter. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, retain · **To what, where:** principal reason, certain medicaments, pharmacy counter This is exam question 2 of lesson 20 «At the pharmacy» 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/20-at-the-pharmacy/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which certain medicaments are retained behind the pharmacy counter. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 medicaments medicament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 retained retain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 pharmacy pharmacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 counter counter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **retain** | present · passive | | certain medicaments | | the pharmacy counter | | for the principal reason | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Their supply requires prior consultation with the pharmacist ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e2:o1:1 # text = Their supply requires prior consultation with the pharmacist 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 supply supply NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 consultation consultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pharmacist pharmacist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | present | Their supply | prior consultation | | | | with the pharmacist | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme consultation=Precondition | ### Option 2 {#o2} Their possession by the public is prohibited by statute in all cases ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e2:o2:1 # text = Their possession by the public is prohibited by statute in all cases 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 public public NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 prohibited prohibit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 statute statute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 cases case NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | | Their possession by the public | | all cases | | by statute | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **possess** | | the public | Their *= they* | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=patient by=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Their efficacy deteriorates in daylight ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e2:o3:1 # text = Their efficacy deteriorates in daylight 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 efficacy efficacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 deteriorates deteriorate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deteriorate** | present | Their efficacy | | | daylight | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Their price precludes open display ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e2:o4:1 # text = Their price precludes open display 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 precludes preclude VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 display display NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **preclude** | present | Their price | open display | | | | | vn exclude-107.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent display=Theme | **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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