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title: Jack: «35 g of sugar, grand, that's nothing». Niamh: «eat nine sugar… — Water, fizzy drinks and sports drinks · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack: «35 g of sugar, grand, that's nothing». Niamh: «eat nine sugar cubes then, eejit». Who's right? Test 5 of lesson 51 «Water, fizzy drinks and sports drinks» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 5 · Water, fizzy drinks and sports drinks

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Jack: «35 g of sugar, grand, that's nothing». Niamh: «eat nine sugar cubes then, eejit». Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, Niamh · **What happens:** be, eat · **To what, where:** nothing, nine sugar cubes

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This is test 5 of lesson 51 «Water, fizzy drinks and sports drinks» of the medicine 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/medicine/51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack: «35 g of sugar, grand, that's nothing».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks:t5:1
# text = Jack: «35 g of sugar, grand, that's nothing».
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	35	35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	g	G	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | nothing |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Niamh: «eat nine sugar cubes then, eejit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks:t5:2
# text = Niamh: «eat nine sugar cubes then, eejit».
1	Niamh	Niamh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cubes	cube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	eejit	eejit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | Niamh | nine sugar cubes |  |  | then |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cube=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks:t5:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neither, cola has no sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks:t5:o1:1
# text = Neither, cola has no sugar
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | cola | no sugar |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jack, sugar in drinks doesn't count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks:t5:o2:1
# text = Jack, sugar in drinks doesn't count
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | Jack sugar in drinks |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jack, 35 g is only one cube

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks:t5:o3:1
# text = Jack, 35 g is only one cube
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	35	35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
4	g	G	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	cube	cube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Jack g | one cube |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Niamh, a can is more than the day's sugar limit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:51-water-fizzy-drinks-and-sports-drinks:t5:o4:1
# text = Niamh, a can is more than the day's sugar limit
1	Niamh	Niamh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	amod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can |  |  |  |  |  | than the day's sugar limit; more *property* | tree rules |

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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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