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title: Mum says «wee bit of everything, pet» and adds veg and chicken to Ja… — A balanced plate for a kid who plays s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum says «wee bit of everything, pet» and adds veg and chicken to Jade's pasta. Why is that good? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 54 «A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 11 · ★★ · A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport

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Mum says «wee bit of everything, pet» and adds veg and chicken to Jade's pasta. Why is that good?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, veg · **What happens:** say, add, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 54 «A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport» 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/54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum says «wee bit of everything, pet» and adds veg and chicken to Jade's pasta.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t11:1
# text = Mum says «wee bit of everything, pet» and adds veg and chicken to Jade's pasta.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	veg	veg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	Jade	Jade	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | veg and chicken |  |  |  |  | to Jade's pasta | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to pasta=Co-Patient |

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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:* Why is that good?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t11:2
# text = Why is that good?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chicken makes pasta taste of nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t11:o1:1
# text = Chicken makes pasta taste of nothing
1	Chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Chicken | pasta taste of nothing |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Product |
| 2 | **taste** |  |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mixing foods slows digestion forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t11:o2:1
# text = Mixing foods slows digestion forever
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	digestion	digestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | gerund |  | foods |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 2 | **slow** | present | Mixing | digestion |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent digestion=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Different food groups give different things the body needs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t11:o3:1
# text = Different food groups give different things the body needs
1	Different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Different food groups | different things |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | the body | different things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Veg cools the pasta down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t11:o4:1
# text = Veg cools the pasta down
1	Veg	veg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | present | Veg | the pasta |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pasta=Patient |

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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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