Test 5 · ★ · Moving, swimming and sport

A fitness video promises "burn belly fat in 7 days with this ONE move!" What's the catch?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fitness video, catch · What happens: promise, be · To what, where: belly fat

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» 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

Sentence 1: A fitness video promises "burn belly fat in 7 days with this ONE move!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 video	det
2	fitness	fitness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 video	compound
3	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promises	nsubj
4	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 fat	punct
6	burn	burn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belly	compound
7	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fat	compound
8	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promises	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 days	case
10	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 days	nummod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 promises	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 move	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 move	det
14	ONE	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 move	nummod
15	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promises	obl
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 promises	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 promises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	present	a fitness video	belly fat			day	with this ONE move	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: 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.

Sentence 2: What's the catch?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 catch	det
4	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the catch						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Fat isn't lost from one spot by working that spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux:pass
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 lost	advmod
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 spot	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 spot	nummod
7	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	obl
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 working	mark
9	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lost	advcl
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 spot	det
11	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 working	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lose	present · passive		Fat		one spot			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from spot=Initial_Location
2	work	gerund		that spot					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent spot=Material

Option 2

It works well, but only for children and not for grown-ups

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 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 works	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 children	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 children	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 children	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 works	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ups	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 ups	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 ups	case
12	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 ups	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 grown	punct
14	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 children	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It					for children and grown ups; well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for child=Beneficiary
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It works only if you do your sit-ups at night before bed

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 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 do	advmod
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 do	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 works	advcl
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ups	nmod:poss
8	sit	sit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ups	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 sit	punct
10	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl
13	before	before	ADP	_	14 bed	case
14	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do a condition, not said to happen	present	you	your sit ups			before bed; night		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Eventuality

Option 4

It's true, but you need to do a thousand of them every day

The tree, 14 words

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 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 need	cc
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 need	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thousand	det
11	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 do	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thousand	nmod
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			true property	tree rules
2	need	present	you				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	a thousand of them	day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Eventuality

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