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title: It is given that a child consumes a confection at intervals of fifte… — A balanced plate for a kid who plays s… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child consumes a confection at intervals of fifteen minutes during a training session of two hours. Determine the number of occasions upon which the teeth are exposed to sugar. Exam question 3 of lesson 54 «A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport» of the medicine course of Mova
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# Exam question 3 · A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport

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It is given that a child consumes a confection at intervals of fifteen minutes during a training session of two hours. Determine the number of occasions upon which the teeth are exposed to sugar.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, you · **What happens:** give, consume, determine, expose · **To what, where:** It, intervals, confection, number, teeth

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 54 «A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport» of the medicine 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/medicine/54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child consumes a confection at intervals of fifteen minutes during a training session of two hours.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e3:1
# text = It is given that a child consumes a confection at intervals of fifteen minutes during a training session of two hours.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	confection	confection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	intervals	interval	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	session	session	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  | intervals of fifteen minutes | during a training session of two hours |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at interval=Asset |
| 2 | **consume** | present | a child | a confection |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confection=Asset |

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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:* Determine the number of occasions upon which the teeth are exposed to sugar.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e3:2
# text = Determine the number of occasions upon which the teeth are exposed to sugar.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of occasions |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **expose** | present · passive |  | the teeth |  |  |  | upon occasions | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e3:o1:1
# text = Two
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fifteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e3:o2:1
# text = Fifteen
1	Fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One hundred and twenty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e3:o3:1
# text = One hundred and twenty
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:e3:o4:1
# text = Eight
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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