--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises home… — At the pharmacy · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homeopathic preparations? Exam question 3 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 wrong. --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · At the pharmacy Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homeopathic preparations? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** homeopathic preparations This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homeopathic preparations? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 homeopathic homeopathic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | homeopathic preparations | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 {#o1} They are subjected to more rigorous trials than conventional medicaments ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e3:o1:1 # text = They are subjected to more rigorous trials than conventional medicaments 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 subjected subject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 rigorous rigorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 conventional conventional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 medicaments medicament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **subject** | present · passive | | They | | | | to rigorous trials than conventional medicaments | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They are diluted to such a degree that essentially none of the original substance remains ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e3:o2:1 # text = They are diluted to such a degree that essentially none of the original substance remains 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 diluted dilute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 essentially essentially ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 7 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dilute** | present · passive | | They | | | | to such degree | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They may be supplied only upon prescription ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e3:o3:1 # text = They may be supplied only upon prescription 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 supplied supply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 prescription prescription NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **supply** | may · passive | | They | | | | upon prescription | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are invariably more potent than conventional medicaments ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e3:o4:1 # text = They are invariably more potent than conventional medicaments 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 potent potent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 conventional conventional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 medicaments medicament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | than conventional medicaments; invariably, potent *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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