Test 1 · ★★ · Digestion: the journey of a sandwich

mum says if i swallow gum it stays in me for 7 years. true or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, i, gum · What happens: say, swallow, stay · To what, where: gum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Digestion: the journey of a sandwich» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 swallow	mark
4	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 swallow	nsubj
5	swallow	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stays	advcl
6	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swallow	obj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stays	nsubj
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 me	case
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 stays	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 years	case
12	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stays	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 nah	cc
17	nah	nah	INTJ	_	15 true	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mum				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swallow a condition, not said to happen	present	i	gum			vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient
3	stay	present	gum		year	in me	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in i=Location

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

Option 1

True, it sticks to the stomach wall for 7 whole years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sticks	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sticks	nsubj
4	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wall	det
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wall	compound
8	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sticks	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 years	case
10	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 years	amod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sticks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	it				year	to the stomach wall	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

True, but only if it is bubblegum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bubblegum	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bubblegum	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 bubblegum	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 bubblegum	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 bubblegum	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bubblegum	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bubblegum	cop
8	bubblegum	bubblegum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	True bubblegum					tree rules

Option 3

Nah, it melts in your mouth before you swallow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 melts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 melts	nsubj
4	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mouth	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mouth	nmod:poss
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 melts	obl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 swallow	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 swallow	nsubj
10	swallow	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 melts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	it			your mouth			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	swallow	present	you						vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, it passes through and leaves in a few days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 passes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 passes	nsubj
4	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADV	_	4 passes	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 leaves	cc
7	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 passes	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 days	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 days	det
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 days	amod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leaves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass through	present	it					through property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	present					day		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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