Test 11 · ★★ · Digestion: the journey of a sandwich

In a game, eating a mushroom gives instant energy the second it touches your lips. How long does real food take?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: eating, second, real food · What happens: eat, give, touch, take · To what, where: mushroom, instant energy, game, lips

This is test 11 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: In a game, eating a mushroom gives instant energy the second it touches your lips.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
5	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 gives	csubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mushroom	det
7	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eating	obj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	instant	instant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 energy	amod
10	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 second	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 touches	nsubj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 touches	nsubj
14	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gives	conj
15	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 lips	nmod:poss
16	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 touches	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	eat	gerund		a mushroom		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mushroom=Patient
2	give	present	eating	instant energy	a game	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme
3	touch	present	the second	your lips		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lip=Co-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: How long does real food take?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 take	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · do-support	real food					long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Some time, because it must be digested and soaked into the blood first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 time	det
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 digested	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 digested	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 digested	nsubj:pass
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 digested	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 digested	aux:pass
8	digested	digest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 time	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 soaked	cc
10	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 digested	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 blood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 blood	det
13	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soaked	obl
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 soaked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest	must · passive	some time not said here	it					tree rules
2	soak	participle	some time not said here			the blood		first property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It really does work the instant it touches the mouth, just like in the game

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 work	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 work	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 work	aux
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 instant	det
6	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 touches	nsubj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 touches	nsubj
8	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 work	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mouth	det
10	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 touches	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 game	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	16 game	advmod
13	like	like	ADP	_	16 game	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 game	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 game	det
16	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present · do-support	It					like the game	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	touch	present	the instant	the mouth					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mouth=Co-Theme

Option 3

Energy goes in through the teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 teeth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teeth	det
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in	present	Energy			the teeth			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through tooth=Initial_Location

Option 4

Energy only arrives after a whole year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrives	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 arrives	advmod
3	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 year	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 year	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	present	Energy				year		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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