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title: Raj chews a piece of bread for a whole minute and it starts to taste… — Digestion: the journey of a sandwich · tree and pragmatics
description: Raj chews a piece of bread for a whole minute and it starts to taste sweet. Why? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Digestion: the journey of a sandwich» 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 4 · ★★ · Digestion: the journey of a sandwich

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Raj chews a piece of bread for a whole minute and it starts to taste sweet. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Raj, piece · **What happens:** chew, start, taste · **To what, where:** piece

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Digestion: the journey of a sandwich» 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/67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Raj chews a piece of bread for a whole minute and it starts to taste sweet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t4:1
# text = Raj chews a piece of bread for a whole minute and it starts to taste sweet.
1	Raj	Raj	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chews	chew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | present | Raj | a piece of bread |  |  | minute |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient |
| 2 | **start** | present | piece |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **taste** | to-infinitive | piece *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t4:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Saliva is turning the starch in the bread into sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t4:o1:1
# text = Saliva is turning the starch in the bread into sugar
1	Saliva	saliva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	starch	starch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present · progressive | Saliva | the starch |  |  |  | into sugar; in the bread | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent starch=Patient in bread=Topic into sugar=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His tongue is getting tired of the taste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t4:o2:1
# text = His tongue is getting tired of the taste
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · progressive | His tongue |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His teeth are slowly adding sugar to the bread as he chews

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t4:o3:1
# text = His teeth are slowly adding sugar to the bread as he chews
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	adding	add	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	chews	chew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | His teeth | sugar |  |  |  | to the bread; slowly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient to bread=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **chew** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bread was sweet all along but hidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t4:o4:1
# text = The bread was sweet all along but hidden
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bread |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | participle | the bread *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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