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# Exam question 3 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a breakfast containing protein?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** breakfast · **What happens:** follow, characteris, contain · **To what, where:** breakfast, protein

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a breakfast containing protein?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a breakfast |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **contain** | gerund | a breakfast *not said here* | protein |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot protein=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It assists in maintaining the sensation of fullness for a longer period

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:e3:o1:1
# text = It assists in maintaining the sensation of fullness for a longer period
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	assists	assist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	maintaining	maintain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sensation	sensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fullness	fullness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assist** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **maintain** | gerund |  | the sensation of fullness |  |  |  | for a longer period | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent sensation=Theme |
| 3 | **sense** |  |  | fullness |  |  |  |  | nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is harmful to children before school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:e3:o2:1
# text = It is harmful to children before school
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  | before school | to children; harmful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It causes hunger to return within minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:e3:o3:1
# text = It causes hunger to return within minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | hunger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **return** | to-infinitive | hunger *not said here* |  |  |  | minute |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It provides no energy of any kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast:e3:o4:1
# text = It provides no energy of any kind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	provides	provide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present | It | no energy of any kind |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition energy=Theme |

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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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