Exam question 4 · What really happens to things you swallow
Ascertain the consequence of the ingestion of a mint confection together with a carbonated cola beverage.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, carbonate, ingest · To what, where: consequence, mint confection
This is exam question 4 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 consequence | det |
| 3 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 ingestion | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ingestion | det |
| 6 | ingestion | ingestion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consequence | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 confection | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 confection | det |
| 9 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 confection | compound |
| 10 | confection | confection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ingestion | nmod |
| 11 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Ascertain | advmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 beverage | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 beverage | det |
| 14 | carbonated | carbonate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 beverage | amod |
| 15 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 beverage | compound |
| 16 | beverage | beverage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the consequence of the ingestion of a mint confection | with a carbonated cola beverage; together property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic | |||
| 2 | carbonate | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | ingest | a mint confection | nom ingestion «act 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 · ✓ the right answer
The liberated gas is expelled principally by eructation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gas | det |
| 2 | liberated | liberate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 gas | amod |
| 3 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 expelled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 expelled | aux:pass |
| 5 | expelled | expel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | principally | principally | ADV | _ | 5 expelled | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 eructation | case |
| 8 | eructation | eructation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 expelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liberate | participle | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | expel | present · passive | eructation | the liberated gas | principally property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2
The stomach is ruptured by the pressure of the gas so liberated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 stomach | det |
| 2 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruptured | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ruptured | aux:pass |
| 4 | ruptured | rupture | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 pressure | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pressure | det |
| 7 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruptured | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 gas | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gas | det |
| 10 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pressure | nmod |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 liberated | advmod |
| 12 | liberated | liberate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 gas | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rupture | present · passive | the pressure of the gas | the stomach | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | liberate | participle | the gas not said here | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | press | the gas | nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
No gas whatsoever is liberated within the body
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 gas | det |
| 2 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | whatsoever | whatsoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 liberated | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 liberated | aux:pass |
| 5 | liberated | liberate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 gas | acl:relcl |
| 6 | within | within | ADP | _ | 8 body | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 body | det |
| 8 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 liberated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liberate | present · passive | whatsoever | within the body | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The stomach contents are rendered solid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 contents | det |
| 2 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contents | compound |
| 3 | contents | contents | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 rendered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rendered | aux:pass |
| 5 | rendered | render | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rendered | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | render | present · passive | the stomach contents | solid property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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