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title: A family picnic in Queensland: the potato salad has sat in the sun a… — Sleep and healthy eating · tree and pragmatics
description: A family picnic in Queensland: the potato salad has sat in the sun all afternoon. What is wise? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 80 «Sleep and healthy eating» of the everyday 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 5 · ★ · Sleep and healthy eating

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A family picnic in Queensland: the potato salad has sat in the sun all afternoon. What is wise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family picnic · **What happens:** sit, be · **To what, where:** potato salad, sun

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 80 «Sleep and healthy eating» 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/80-sleep-and-healthy-eating/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family picnic in Queensland: the potato salad has sat in the sun all afternoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:t5:1
# text = A family picnic in Queensland: the potato salad has sat in the sun all afternoon.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Queensland	Queensland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present · perfect · passive | a family picnic in Queensland *not said here* | the potato salad |  | the sun | afternoon |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in sun=Location |

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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 is wise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:t5:2
# text = What is wise?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Put it in the shade for a bit and then eat it all at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:t5:o1:1
# text = Put it in the shade for a bit and then eat it all at once
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the shade |  | for a bit | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in shade=Destination |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | bit |  |  | then | all *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Do not eat it, it could cause food poisoning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:t5:o2:1
# text = Do not eat it, it could cause food poisoning
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **cause** | could | it | food poisoning |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition poisoning=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eat it if it still tastes nice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:t5:o3:1
# text = Eat it if it still tastes nice
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **taste** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  | still | nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eat it, salads cannot go bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:t5:o4:1
# text = Eat it, salads cannot go bad
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	salads	salad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **go** | can | salads |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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