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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the fate of chewing gum upon its being swallowed. Exam question 2 of lesson 262 «The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 2 · The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the fate of chewing gum upon its being swallowed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, swallow, fate · **To what, where:** response, fate, chewing gum

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 262 «The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the fate of chewing gum upon its being swallowed.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	chewing	chewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the fate of chewing gum |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fate=Experiencer |
| 4 | **swallow** | gerund · passive | the established facts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V» |
| 5 | **fate** |  |  | chewing gum |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It is wholly absorbed into the blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:e2:o1:1
# text = It is wholly absorbed into the blood
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	absorbed	absorb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absorb** | present · passive |  | It |  | the blood |  | wholly *property* | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It adheres permanently to the wall of the intestine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:e2:o2:1
# text = It adheres permanently to the wall of the intestine
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	adheres	adhere	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	intestine	intestine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adhere** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the wall of the intestine; permanently *property* | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to wall=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It passes through the digestive tract within a few days, being itself undigested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:e2:o3:1
# text = It passes through the digestive tract within a few days, being itself undigested
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	digestive	digestive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tract	tract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
13	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obj	_	_
14	undigested	undigested	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present | It |  |  | the digestive tract | day |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through tract=Location |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | undigested *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It remains within the stomach for a period of seven years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts:e2:o4:1
# text = It remains within the stomach for a period of seven years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | It |  |  |  |  | within the stomach; for a period of seven years | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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