Exam question 1 · What really happens to things you swallow

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the fate of chewing gum inadvertently swallowed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, swallow, fate · To what, where: fate, chewing gum

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fate	det
10	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 gum	case
12	chewing	chewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gum	compound
13	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fate	nmod
14	inadvertently	inadvertently	ADV	_	15 swallowed	advmod
15	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 gum	acl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the fate of chewing gum	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	swallow	participle	chewing gum not said here	inadvertently property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	fate		chewing gum		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

It is wholly dissolved by the gastric acid within minutes

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 dissolved	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dissolved	aux:pass
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 dissolved	advmod
4	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 acid	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 acid	det
7	gastric	gastric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 acid	amod
8	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissolved	obl
9	within	within	ADP	_	10 minutes	case
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dissolved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present · passive	the gastric acid	It			minute	wholly property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

It is retained within the stomach for a period of seven years

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	3 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 stomach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stomach	det
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retained	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 period	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 period	det
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retained	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		It				within the stomach; for a period of seven years	tree rules

Option 3

It adheres permanently to the wall of the stomach and remains there for life

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	2 adheres	nsubj
2	adheres	adhere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 adheres	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adheres	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 stomach	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stomach	det
9	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wall	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 remains	cc
11	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 adheres	conj
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 remains	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 life	case
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adhere	present	It					to the wall of the stomach; permanently property	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to wall=Co-Theme
2	remain	present				there		for life	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It traverses the digestive tract and is excreted within a day or two

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	2 traverses	nsubj
2	traverses	traverse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tract	det
4	digestive	digestive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tract	amod
5	tract	tract	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 traverses	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 excreted	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 excreted	aux:pass
8	excreted	excrete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 traverses	conj
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 excreted	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 two	cc
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 day	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	traverse	present	It	the digestive tract					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tract=Co-Theme
2	excrete	present · passive					day		tree rules

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