Test 11 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth

my mate swallowed his gum, he says itll stay in him 7 yrs

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

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 74 «Flossing and caring for your teeth» of the everyday 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	nsubj
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 gum	nmod:poss
5	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swallowed	conj
9	itll	itll	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	nsubj
10	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stay	obl
13	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 yrs	nummod
14	yrs	year	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	10 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	my mate	mate's gum			vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	stay	infinitive	itll		year	in mate	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in he=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

Yes, it sticks to the stomach forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sticks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	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	_	7 stomach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stomach	det
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sticks	obl
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	4 sticks	advmod

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

Option 2

Yes, gum stays inside for seven years, everyone knows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 stays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	gum	gum	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	ADV	_	4 stays	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stays	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knows	punct
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stays	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	gum				year	inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know	present	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

No, it stays for about one year

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stays	nsubj
4	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 year	case
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 one	advmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 year	nummod
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	it				year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

No, it passes through the body in a few days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 passes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	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	ADP	_	7 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passes	obl
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	4 passes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	it			the body	day		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through body=Location

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