Test 10 · What really happens to things you swallow

Which myth here is most worth correcting firmly, not just laughing at?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: myth · What happens: be, correct, not laugh

This is test 10 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 myth	det
2	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worth	nsubj
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 myth	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 worth	cop
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 worth	amod
6	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	correcting	correct	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 worth	xcomp
8	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	7 correcting	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laughing	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 laughing	advmod
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 laughing	advmod
12	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 worth	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	12 laughing	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 worth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	which myth	worth property	tree rules
2	correct speech: disagree	gerund	which myth not said here	firmly property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
3	not laugh	gerund	which myth not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

That eating crusts makes your hair go curly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 eating	det
2	eating	eating	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
3	crusts	crust	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 eating	cop
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hair	nmod:poss
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 makes	xcomp
8	curly	curly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		that eating		tree rules
2	make	present	that eating	your hair		tree rules
3	go	infinitive	your hair not said here		curly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

That a whole melon will grow in your belly from a pip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 grow	nsubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 melon	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 melon	amod
4	melon	melon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grow	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 grow	aux
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 belly	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 belly	nmod:poss
9	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grow	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 pip	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pip	det
12	pip	pip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	future	That			your belly		from a pip	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in belly=Location

Option 3

That cheese gives you nightmares

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 cheese	det
2	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	nsubj
3	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 gives	iobj
5	nightmares	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	that cheese	nightmares	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient nightmare=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That you should grab someone's tongue in a seizure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 grab	nsubj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 grab	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 grab	aux
4	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 tongue	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 someone	case
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grab	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 seizure	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 seizure	det
10	seizure	seizure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	should	That	someone's tongue		a seizure			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme

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