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title: "its just a shop, the guy behind the counter is a cashier" — fair? — At the pharmacy · tree and pragmatics
description: "its just a shop, the guy behind the counter is a cashier" — fair? Test 1 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.
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# Test 1 · At the pharmacy

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"its just a shop, the guy behind the counter is a cashier" — fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shop · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cashier

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This is test 1 of lesson 20 «At the pharmacy» 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/20-at-the-pharmacy/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t1:1
# text = "its just a shop, the guy behind the counter is a cashier" — fair?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cashier	cashier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
17	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | its shop and the guy behind the counter | a cashier |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, the pharmacist is a trained medicines expert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t1:o1:1
# text = No, the pharmacist is a trained medicines expert
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the pharmacist | a medicines expert |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, he's a doctor in disguise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t1:o2:1
# text = No, he's a doctor in disguise
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a doctor |  | disguise |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, but these cashiers do train for a week or two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, but these cashiers do train for a week or two
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	cashiers	cashier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	train	train	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | present · do-support | this cashiers |  |  |  | week |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, anyone can do the job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, anyone can do the job
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | anyone | the job |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

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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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