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title: Why should a course of antibiotics be finished as the doctor says, e… — Medicines, doctors and hospitals · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should a course of antibiotics be finished as the doctor says, even when you feel better? Test 8 of lesson 94 «Medicines, doctors and hospitals» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · Medicines, doctors and hospitals

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Why should a course of antibiotics be finished as the doctor says, even when you feel better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctor, you · **What happens:** finish, say, feel · **To what, where:** course · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t8:1
# text = Why should a course of antibiotics be finished as the doctor says, even when you feel better?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	antibiotics	antibiotic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
18	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | should · passive |  | a course |  |  |  | of antibiotics | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the doctor |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **feel** | present | you |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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The medicine tastes better at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t8:o1:1
# text = The medicine tastes better at the end
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | present | the medicine |  |  |  | at the end | well *property* | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leftover pills turn into vaccines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t8:o2:1
# text = Leftover pills turn into vaccines
1	Leftover	leftover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pills	pill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Leftover pills |  |  | vaccines |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into vaccine=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Feeling better means the medicine stopped working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t8:o3:1
# text = Feeling better means the medicine stopped working
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Feeling |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **stop** | past | the medicine |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **work** | gerund | the medicine *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Some bacteria may still be alive and could come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t8:o4:1
# text = Some bacteria may still be alive and could come back
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | some bacteria |  |  |  | still | alive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come back** | could | some bacteria *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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