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title: Ollie, 4, has a cough and Dad grabs an adult cough syrup. What would… — At the pharmacy · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie, 4, has a cough and Dad grabs an adult cough syrup. What would the pharmacist say? Test 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.
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# Test 2 · At the pharmacy

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Ollie, 4, has a cough and Dad grabs an adult cough syrup. What would the pharmacist say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ollie, Dad, pharmacist · **What happens:** have, grab, say · **To what, where:** cough, adult cough syrup · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie, 4, has a cough and Dad grabs an adult cough syrup.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t2:1
# text = Ollie, 4, has a cough and Dad grabs an adult cough syrup.
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Ollie | a cough |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cough=Patient |
| 2 | **grab** | present | Dad | a adult cough syrup |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent syrup=Theme |

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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 would the pharmacist say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t2:2
# text = What would the pharmacist say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | the pharmacist |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fine if it's honey flavour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t2:o1:1
# text = Fine if it's honey flavour
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | honey flavour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Give him half the bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t2:o2:1
# text = Give him half the bottle
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | half bottle | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bottle=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fine, just give him a big spoon, it can't do any harm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t2:o3:1
# text = Fine, just give him a big spoon, it can't do any harm
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a big spoon | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient spoon=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **do** | can | spoon | any harm |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Most cough medicines aren't for under-6s, ask first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t2:o4:1
# text = Most cough medicines aren't for under-6s, ask first
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	6s	6	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Most cough medicines |  |  |  |  | for 6s | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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