--- title: In a medicine test, half the volunteers get the medicine and half ge… — Medicines, doctors and hospitals · tree and pragmatics description: In a medicine test, half the volunteers get the medicine and half get a dummy pill. Why? 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Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** volunteers · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** medicine, medicine test, dummy pill This is test 4 of lesson 94 «Medicines, doctors and hospitals» of the world 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/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a medicine test, half the volunteers get the medicine and half get a dummy pill. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t4:1 # text = In a medicine test, half the volunteers get the medicine and half get a dummy pill. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 volunteers volunteer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 14 compound _ _ 14 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 dummy dummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 pill pill NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | half volunteers | the medicine | | a medicine test | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer medicine=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | present | half volunteers *not said here* | a dummy pill | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pill=Stimulus | 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:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t4:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} To see whether the medicine works better than nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t4:o1:1 # text = To see whether the medicine works better than nothing 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **work** | present | the medicine | | | | | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} To make the test go faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t4:o2:1 # text = To make the test go faster 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the test | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | the test *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To save money on medicine ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t4:o3:1 # text = To save money on medicine 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | to-infinitive | | money | | medicine | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme on medicine=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because there was not enough medicine ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t4:o4:1 # text = Because there was not enough medicine 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | enough medicine | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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