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title: «my mate says sneezes go 160 km an hour, faster than a car» What did… — The body's rough side: burps, farts, s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my mate says sneezes go 160 km an hour, faster than a car» What did fast-camera tests find? Test 6 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 6 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…

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«my mate says sneezes go 160 km an hour, faster than a car» What did fast-camera tests find?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, sneezes, fast camera tests · **What happens:** say, go, find · **To what, where:** 160 km · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» 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/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t6:1
# text = «my mate says sneezes go 160 km an hour, faster than a car» What did fast-camera tests find?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sneezes	sneeze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	160	160	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	obj	_	_
18	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
19	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
23	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | sneezes | 160 km |  |  | hour |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | past · do-support | fast camera tests |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is true, sneezes beat racing cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t6:o1:1
# text = It is true, sneezes beat racing cars
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	sneezes	sneeze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	beat	beat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	racing	racing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **beat** | present | sneezes | racing cars |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme |

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

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The air is much slower, nearer a fast bicycle, though droplets can float several metres

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t6:o2:1
# text = The air is much slower, nearer a fast bicycle, though droplets can float several metres
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	droplets	droplet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the air |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the air *not said here* | a fast bicycle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **float** | can | droplets | several metres |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metre=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sneezes go faster than sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t6:o3:1
# text = Sneezes go faster than sound
1	Sneezes	sneeze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Sneezes |  |  |  |  | than sound; fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sneezes do not move at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t6:o4:1
# text = Sneezes do not move at all
1	Sneezes	sneeze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | present · do-support | Sneezes |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

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