--- title: A patient is directed to take three pills, the first immediately and… — Trick questions that catch quick think… · tree and pragmatics description: A patient is directed to take three pills, the first immediately and each subsequent pill thirty minutes after the preceding one. Compute the time elapsed until the final pill has been taken. Exam question 3 of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Trick questions that catch quick think…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Trick questions that catch quick thinkers A patient is directed to take three pills, the first immediately and each subsequent pill thirty minutes after the preceding one. Compute the time elapsed until the final pill has been taken. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** direct, take, precede, elapse · **To what, where:** patient, three pills, time, final pill This is exam question 3 of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world 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/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A patient is directed to take three pills, the first immediately and each subsequent pill thirty minutes after the preceding one. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:e3:1 # text = A patient is directed to take three pills, the first immediately and each subsequent pill thirty minutes after the preceding one. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 pills pill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 acl _ _ 12 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 15 subsequent subsequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 pill pill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 17 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod:unmarked _ _ 19 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 preceding precede VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 amod _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **direct** | present · passive | | a patient | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | | three pills | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pill=Theme | | 3 | **precede** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | 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:* Compute the time elapsed until the final pill has been taken. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:e3:2 # text = Compute the time elapsed until the final pill has been taken. 1 Compute compute NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 elapsed elapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 pill pill NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elapse** | participle | | the time *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present · perfect · passive | | the final pill | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} One hour and thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:e3:o1:1 # text = One hour and thirty minutes 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:e3:o2:1 # text = Two hours 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} One hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:e3:o3:1 # text = One hour 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:e3:o4:1 # text = Thirty minutes 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` 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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