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# Test 2 · ★★ · A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport

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Jade: «footballers eat pasta, so I'll eat only pasta, sure». What would happen if she did for months?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** footballers, I, she · **What happens:** eat, happen, do · **To what, where:** pasta

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jade: «footballers eat pasta, so I'll eat only pasta, sure».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t2:1
# text = Jade: «footballers eat pasta, so I'll eat only pasta, sure».
1	Jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	footballers	footballer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | footballers | pasta |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pasta=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | future | I | pasta |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pasta=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:* What would happen if she did for months?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t2:2
# text = What would happen if she did for months?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | she |  |  |  | month |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She'd miss vitamins, protein and other things she needs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t2:o1:1
# text = She'd miss vitamins, protein and other things she needs
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | would | She | vitamins and protein and other things |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vitamin=Stimulus |
| 2 | **need** | present | she | other things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She'd never be hungry again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t2:o2:1
# text = She'd never be hungry again
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | would | She |  |  |  | again | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, pasta has everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing, pasta has everything
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Nothing pasta | everything |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She'd become a pro footballer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t2:o4:1
# text = She'd become a pro footballer
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pro	pro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | She | a pro footballer |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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