Test 9 · ★★ · Digestion: the journey of a sandwich

At lunch a friend says what you eat today is all gone by tea time. Right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: say, eat, be · To what, where: lunch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: At lunch a friend says what you eat today is all gone by tea time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 lunch	case
2	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	obl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 eat	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 eat	nsubj
8	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gone	obl:unmarked
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 gone	cop
11	all	all	ADV	_	12 gone	advmod
12	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 time	case
14	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 time	compound
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gone	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend	lunch			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat	present	you				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
3	is	present	a friend not said here		time; today	all, go property	tree rules

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: Right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Yes, by tea time it has all turned into breath and gone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 turned	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	compound
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turned	obl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 turned	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 turned	aux
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 turned	advmod
9	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 breath	case
11	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turned	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gone	cc
13	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 turned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present · perfect · passive		it		breath	time	all property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into breath=Trajectory
2	go	participle							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, food stays inside you for a whole month or more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 stays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stays	punct
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stays	nsubj
4	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 stays	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 month	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 month	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 month	amod
10	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stays	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 more	cc
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 month	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	food				month	inside you	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside you=Location

Option 3

Yes, food is used up completely in about two hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 used	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 used	compound:prt
7	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 used	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 hours	case
9	about	about	ADV	_	10 two	advmod
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hours	nummod
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use up	present · passive		food			hour	completely property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, a meal usually takes about one to three days to go through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 takes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 takes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meal	det
4	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 takes	nsubj
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 takes	advmod
6	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADV	_	8 one	advmod
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 days	nummod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 three	case
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 one	nmod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 takes	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 go	mark
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 takes	advcl
14	through	through	ADV	_	13 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	a meal				day	usually property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go through	to-infinitive	a meal not said here					through property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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