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title: A sign on a carton says «UHT». What can you say about the milk befor… — Where milk comes from: cow to carton,… · tree and pragmatics
description: A sign on a carton says «UHT». What can you say about the milk before it is opened? Test 12 of lesson 341 «Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and yoghurt» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 12 · Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and y…

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A sign on a carton says «UHT». What can you say about the milk before it is opened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sign, you · **What happens:** say, open · **To what, where:** UHT, milk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 of lesson 341 «Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and yoghurt» 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/341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A sign on a carton says «UHT».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:t12:1
# text = A sign on a carton says «UHT».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	carton	carton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	UHT	uht	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a sign on a carton | UHT |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent uht=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What can you say about the milk before it is opened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:t12:2
# text = What can you say about the milk before it is opened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | you |  |  |  |  | about the milk | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **open** | present · passive |  | milk |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is milk from a camel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:t12:o1:1
# text = It is milk from a camel
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | milk |  | a camel |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It can keep for months on a shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:t12:o2:1
# text = It can keep for months on a shelf
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | can | It |  |  | a shelf | month |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on shelf=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has had all its water taken out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:t12:o3:1
# text = It has had all its water taken out
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | It | its water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take out** | participle | its water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It must be drunk within a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:341-where-milk-comes-from-cow-to-carton-cheese-butter-and-yoghurt:t12:o4:1
# text = It must be drunk within a day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	drunk	drink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | must · passive |  | It |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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