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title: Tom, 80th minute, calf cramp: «get me a banana quick, I'm low on pot… — Food myths and fads · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom, 80th minute, calf cramp: «get me a banana quick, I'm low on potassium!» What would actually help? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Food myths and fads» 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Food myths and fads

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Tom, 80th minute, calf cramp: «get me a banana quick, I'm low on potassium!» What would actually help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** get, be, help · **To what, where:** banana, me, potassium

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Food myths and fads» 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/55-food-myths-and-fads/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom, 80th minute, calf cramp: «get me a banana quick, I'm low on potassium!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t1:1
# text = Tom, 80th minute, calf cramp: «get me a banana quick, I'm low on potassium!»
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	80th	80th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	quick	quick	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	potassium	potassium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a banana | me |  |  | quick *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary banana=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | potassium |  | low *property* | 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:* What would actually help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t1:2
# text = What would actually help?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sprinting hard to shake the cramp loose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t1:o1:1
# text = Sprinting hard to shake the cramp loose
1	Sprinting	sprint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	shake	shake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprint** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shake** | to-infinitive |  | the cramp |  |  |  | loose *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cramp=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Gently stretching the calf and resting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t1:o2:1
# text = Gently stretching the calf and resting
1	Gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	resting	resting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | gerund |  | the calf and resting |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent calf=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Drinking a can of cola to get his sugar up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t1:o3:1
# text = Drinking a can of cola to get his sugar up
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund |  | a cola |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cola=Patient |
| 2 | **get up** | to-infinitive |  | his sugar |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sugar=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Eating the banana, skin and all, as fast as he can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t1:o4:1
# text = Eating the banana, skin and all, as fast as he can
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  | the banana and skin |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient |

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