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title: «you eat like a pig» — is that fair to pigs? — Pigs: mud, snouts and brains · tree and pragmatics
description: «you eat like a pig» — is that fair to pigs? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Pigs: mud, snouts and brains

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«you eat like a pig» — is that fair to pigs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, that · **What happens:** eat, be

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t6:1
# text = «you eat like a pig» — is that fair to pigs?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | like a pig | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | to pigs; fair *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, pigs eat until they burst

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, pigs eat until they burst
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	burst	burst	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | pigs |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **burst** | present | pigs *= pig* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, pigs with enough food usually stop when they are full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t6:o2:1
# text = No, pigs with enough food usually stop when they are full
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | pigs with enough food |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | pigs *= pig* |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, pigs never eat at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t6:o3:1
# text = No, pigs never eat at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present | pigs |  |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, pigs eat all day long without a break, from morning until night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, pigs eat all day long without a break, from morning until night
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
14	until	until	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | pigs |  |  |  | day; night | without a break; long *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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