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description: In a cartoon, Tom gets hiccups and each hic lifts him a metre off the ground until Jerry scares them away. What is a real hiccup? Test 7 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 pr
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# Test 7 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…

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In a cartoon, Tom gets hiccups and each hic lifts him a metre off the ground until Jerry scares them away. What is a real hiccup?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, hic, Jerry · **What happens:** get, lift, scare away, be · **To what, where:** hiccups, cartoon, Tom, real hiccup

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, Tom gets hiccups and each hic lifts him a metre off the ground until Jerry scares them away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon, Tom gets hiccups and each hic lifts him a metre off the ground until Jerry scares them away.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	hiccups	hiccup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	hic	hic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lifts	lift	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	scares	scare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
21	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	away	away	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Tom | hiccups |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hiccup=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lift** | present | each hic | Tom |  |  |  | off the ground | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme metre=Destination |
| 3 | **scare away** | present | Jerry | hiccups *= hiccup* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

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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 is a real hiccup?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t7:2
# text = What is a real hiccup?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hiccup	hiccup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A small explosion in the stomach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t7:o1:1
# text = A small explosion in the stomach
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	explosion	explosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A jerk of the diaphragm with the voice box snapping shut, which cannot lift you

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t7:o2:1
# text = A jerk of the diaphragm with the voice box snapping shut, which cannot lift you
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jerk	jerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	diaphragm	diaphragm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	snapping	snap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
11	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | gerund | a jerk of the diaphragm with the voice box *not said here* |  |  |  |  | shut *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **lift** | can | a jerk of the diaphragm with the voice box | you |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cough that only cats get

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t7:o3:1
# text = A cough that only cats get
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | cats | a cough |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A jump made by the legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t7:o4:1
# text = A jump made by the legs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jump	jump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a jump *not said here* |  |  |  | by the legs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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