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title: ugh, imagine the stomach acid melting your whole tummy. why doesn't… — Digestion: the journey of a sandwich · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh, imagine the stomach acid melting your whole tummy. why doesn't it? Test 6 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Digestion: the journey of a sandwich

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ugh, imagine the stomach acid melting your whole tummy. why doesn't it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, stomach acid · **What happens:** imagine, melt, not do · **To what, where:** stomach acid, whole tummy, tummy

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t6:1
# text = ugh, imagine the stomach acid melting your whole tummy. why doesn't it?
1	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	imagine	imagine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
12	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imagine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stomach acid |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot acid=Theme |
| 2 | **melt** | gerund | the stomach acid *not said here* | your whole tummy |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tummy=Result |
| 3 | **not** **do** | present | you *not said here* | tummy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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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The acid only switches on at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t6:o1:1
# text = The acid only switches on at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	switches	switch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch on** | present | the acid |  |  |  | night |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The acid is just water so it cannot melt anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t6:o2:1
# text = The acid is just water so it cannot melt anything
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the acid | water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **melt** | can | acid | anything |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient anything=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The stomach is made of steel lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t6:o3:1
# text = The stomach is made of steel lol
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the stomach |  |  |  | of steel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A layer of mucus protects the stomach lining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich:t6:o4:1
# text = A layer of mucus protects the stomach lining
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mucus	mucus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lining	lining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | a layer of mucus | the stomach lining |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lining=Beneficiary |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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