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title: my cousin says someone got food poisoning from potato salad left out… — Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, slee… · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says someone got food poisoning from potato salad left out at a barbecue and "was in hospital for a month". what's prob exaggerated Test 19 · ★ of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 19 · ★ · Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food

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my cousin says someone got food poisoning from potato salad left out at a barbecue and "was in hospital for a month". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, someone · **What happens:** say, get, leave out, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** food poisoning, potato salad, barbecue, hospital, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» of the everyday 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/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t19:1
# text = my cousin says someone got food poisoning from potato salad left out at a barbecue and "was in hospital for a month". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
28	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
29	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | past | someone | food poisoning |  | potato salad and hospital | month |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent poisoning=Theme from salad=Source |
| 3 | **leave out** | participle |  | potato salad and hospital *not said here* |  | a barbecue |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | someone *not said here* |  |  | hospital |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The month; still, food left in the heat can grow germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t19:o1:1
# text = The month; still, food left in the heat can grow germs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | food *not said here* |  |  |  | in the heat *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in heat=Result |
| 2 | **grow** | can | the month and food | germs |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That potato salad left out goes warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t19:o2:1
# text = That potato salad left out goes warm
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | participle |  | that potato salad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go** | present | that potato salad |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That food can grow germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t19:o3:1
# text = That food can grow germs
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | can | that food | germs |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That barbecues are outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t19:o4:1
# text = That barbecues are outside
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	barbecues	barbecue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that barbecues |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | tree rules |

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