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description: Ben eats his lunch in three minutes and still feels hungry, so he takes more. What is happening? Test 2 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals

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Ben eats his lunch in three minutes and still feels hungry, so he takes more. What is happening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ben · **What happens:** eat, feel, take, happen · **To what, where:** lunch, more

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This is test 2 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» 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/9-body-signals/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben eats his lunch in three minutes and still feels hungry, so he takes more.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t2:1
# text = Ben eats his lunch in three minutes and still feels hungry, so he takes more.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Ben | Ben's lunch |  |  | minute |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |
| 2 | **feel** | present | Ben *not said here* |  |  |  | still | hungry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **take** | present | Ben | more |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is happening?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t2:2
# text = What is happening?
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	aux	_	_
3	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **happen** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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His lunch had no food in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t2:o1:1
# text = His lunch had no food in it
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | His lunch | no food |  | food |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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His brain has not yet had time to feel full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t2:o2:1
# text = His brain has not yet had time to feel full
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · perfect | His brain |  |  |  | yet; time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | His brain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | full *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He needs to eat even faster to fill himself up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t2:o3:1
# text = He needs to eat even faster to fill himself up
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fill up** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His stomach is broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:9-body-signals:t2:o4:1
# text = His stomach is broken
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
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	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive |  | His stomach |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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