--- title: In a game the potion shop sells "Cure-All" for every illness. What's… — At the pharmacy · tree and pragmatics description: In a game the potion shop sells "Cure-All" for every illness. What's the real-life truth? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · At the pharmacy In a game the potion shop sells "Cure-All" for every illness. What's the real-life truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** potion shop, life truth · **What happens:** sell, be · **To what, where:** Cure, game This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a game the potion shop sells "Cure-All" for every illness. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t8:1 # text = In a game the potion shop sells "Cure-All" for every illness. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 potion potion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sells sell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | present | the potion shop | Cure All | | a game | | for every illness | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent cure=Theme for illness=Asset | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the real-life truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t8:2 # text = What's the real-life truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the life truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No single medicine cures everything; each works on certain problems ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t8:o1:1 # text = No single medicine cures everything; each works on certain problems 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 2 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cures cure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nsubj _ _ 8 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 problems problem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | present | no single medicine | everything | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer everything=Source | | 2 | **work** | present | each | | | | | on certain problems | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on problem=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Natural potions cure all ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t8:o2:1 # text = Natural potions cure all 1 Natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 potions potion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cure cure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | present | Natural potions | | | | | all *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Expensive medicines cure everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t8:o3:1 # text = Expensive medicines cure everything 1 Expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 medicines medicine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cure cure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | present | Expensive medicines | everything | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer everything=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Real pharmacies sell Cure-All too ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:20-at-the-pharmacy:t8:o4:1 # text = Real pharmacies sell Cure-All too 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pharmacies pharmacy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sell sell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Cure Cure PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advcl _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | present | Real pharmacies | Cure | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cure=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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