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title: Ella laughs while drinking juice and coughs and splutters. What happ… — Digestion: the journey of a sandwich · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella laughs while drinking juice and coughs and splutters. What happened? Test 5 · ★★ 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 5 · ★★ · Digestion: the journey of a sandwich

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Ella laughs while drinking juice and coughs and splutters. What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella · **What happens:** laugh, drink, happen · **To what, where:** juice

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella laughs while drinking juice and coughs and splutters.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t5:1
# text = Ella laughs while drinking juice and coughs and splutters.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	coughs	cough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	splutters	splutter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Ella |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | Ella *not said here* | juice and coughs and splutters |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t5:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Her teeth bit the juice by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t5:o1:1
# text = Her teeth bit the juice by mistake
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | Her teeth | the juice |  |  |  | by mistake | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent juice=Patient by mistake=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The juice went down into her stomach far too fast and bounced back up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t5:o2:1
# text = The juice went down into her stomach far too fast and bounced back up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bounced	bounce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | past | the juice |  |  | her stomach |  | down, fast *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **bounce back** | past | the juice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The epiglottis did not cover her windpipe in time and juice slipped in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t5:o3:1
# text = The epiglottis did not cover her windpipe in time and juice slipped in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	epiglottis	epiglottis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	windpipe	windpipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cover** | past · do-support | the epiglottis | epiglottis's windpipe |  |  | time |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme windpipe=Destination |
| 2 | **slip in** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The juice was far too sweet for her throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t5:o4:1
# text = The juice was far too sweet for her throat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the juice |  |  |  |  | for her throat; far, sweet *property* | tree rules |

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