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title: Sam says if one banana is good for cramp, a whole bunch before every… — Food myths and fads · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam says if one banana is good for cramp, a whole bunch before every match must stop cramp forever. What's wrong with his thinking? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 op
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Food myths and fads

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Sam says if one banana is good for cramp, a whole bunch before every match must stop cramp forever. What's wrong with his thinking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, one banana, match · **What happens:** say, be, stop, think · **To what, where:** cramp · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam says if one banana is good for cramp, a whole bunch before every match must stop cramp forever.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t11:1
# text = Sam says if one banana is good for cramp, a whole bunch before every match must stop cramp forever.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	_
19	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | one banana |  |  |  |  | for cramp and a whole bunch; good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | must | every match | cramp |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality cramp=Eventuality |

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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's wrong with his thinking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t11:2
# text = What's wrong with his thinking?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with match's thinking; wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** |  | match |  |  |  |  |  | nom thinking «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, more bananas means no cramp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t11:o1:1
# text = Nothing, more bananas means no cramp
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Nothing | no cramp |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cramp=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only one banana a year is safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t11:o2:1
# text = Only one banana a year is safe
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | one banana  a year |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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

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Cramp isn't mainly caused by low potassium, so more bananas won't stop it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t11:o3:1
# text = Cramp isn't mainly caused by low potassium, so more bananas won't stop it
1	Cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	potassium	potassium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cause** | present · passive | low potassium | Cramp |  |  |  | mainly *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **stop** | future | more bananas | Cramp |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bananas give you cramp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t11:o4:1
# text = Bananas give you cramp
1	Bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Bananas | cramp | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient cramp=Theme |

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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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