Test 9 · "It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure
Mate: "Honey's natural innit, so I can scoff loads and get no fillings." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: scoff, get, be · To what, where: loads, fillings
This is test 9 of lesson 179 «"It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure» of the world 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: Mate: "Honey's natural innit, so I can scoff loads and get no fillings."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 innit | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 4 | Honey | Honey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 innit | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Honey | case |
| 6 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 innit | amod |
| 7 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 scoff | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 scoff | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 scoff | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 scoff | aux |
| 12 | scoff | scoff | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 innit | parataxis |
| 13 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 scoff | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 get | cc |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 scoff | conj |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 fillings | det |
| 17 | fillings | filling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 get | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scoff in a quote | can | I | loads | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | no fillings | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer filling=Stimulus |
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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Honey can't harm teeth at all, because it's natural
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 harm | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 harm | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 harm | advmod |
| 4 | harm | harm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 harm | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 harm | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 natural | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 natural | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 natural | expl |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 natural | cop |
| 12 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 harm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not harm | can | Honey | teeth | all | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | is | present | Honey not said here | natural property | tree rules |
Option 2
Honey is fine as long as it's runny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 runny | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 runny | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 runny | cop |
| 9 | runny | runny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 long | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Honey | fine, long property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Honey | runny property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Honey is mostly sugar and can cause tooth decay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sugar | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sugar | cop |
| 3 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 4 sugar | advmod |
| 4 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cause | cc |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 cause | aux |
| 7 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sugar | conj |
| 8 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 decay | compound |
| 9 | decay | decay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cause | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Honey | sugar | mostly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | cause | can | Honey not said here | tooth decay | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition decay=Patient |
Option 4
Natural sugar fills holes in teeth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sugar | amod |
| 2 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fills | nsubj |
| 3 | fills | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fills | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 teeth | case |
| 6 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fills | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present | Natural sugar | holes | teeth | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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