--- title: Determine the appropriate means of disposal of unused or expired med… — At the pharmacy · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the appropriate means of disposal of unused or expired medicaments. Exam question 4 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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · At the pharmacy Determine the appropriate means of disposal of unused or expired medicaments. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, appropriate · **What happens:** determine, mean This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e4:1 # text = Determine the appropriate means of disposal of unused or expired medicaments. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 disposal disposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 unused unused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 expired expired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 medicaments medicament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | the appropriate | | | | | of disposal of unused medicaments | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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} Retention at home for future administration ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e4:o1:1 # text = Retention at home for future administration 1 Retention retention NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 administration administration NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Discharge into the public sewerage system ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e4:o2:1 # text = Discharge into the public sewerage system 1 Discharge discharge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 sewerage sewerage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 system system NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Return to a pharmacy for safe disposal ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e4:o3:1 # text = Return to a pharmacy for safe disposal 1 Return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pharmacy pharmacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 disposal disposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Deposition in the ordinary household refuse ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:e4:o4:1 # text = Deposition in the ordinary household refuse 1 Deposition deposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 refuse refuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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