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title: Amara: «eat the rainbow, like Skittles?» What does her coach mean? — A balanced plate for a kid who plays s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Amara: «eat the rainbow, like Skittles?» What does her coach mean? Test 7 · ★★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport

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Amara: «eat the rainbow, like Skittles?» What does her coach mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Amara, coach · **What happens:** eat, mean · **To what, where:** rainbow

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Amara: «eat the rainbow, like Skittles?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t7:1
# text = Amara: «eat the rainbow, like Skittles?»
1	Amara	Amara	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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Skittles	skittle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	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 | Amara | the rainbow |  |  |  | like Skittles | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rainbow=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 does her coach mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t7:2
# text = What does her coach mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Amara's coach |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only green vegetables, since green is the healthiest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t7:o1:1
# text = Only green vegetables, since green is the healthiest
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	since	since	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	healthiest	healthy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Any sweets, as long as they come in lots of colours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t7:o2:1
# text = Any sweets, as long as they come in lots of colours
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | sweets *= sweet* |  |  | lots of colours |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lot=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Peppers, carrots, berries and spinach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t7:o3:1
# text = Peppers, carrots, berries and spinach
1	Peppers	pepper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	spinach	spinach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Food dyed with bright colouring to look like a rainbow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport:t7:o4:1
# text = Food dyed with bright colouring to look like a rainbow
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	dyed	dye	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	colouring	colouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dye** | participle |  | Food *not said here* |  |  |  | with bright colouring | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | like a rainbow | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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