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title: A gym advert says «this powder made our star fast». What's the cleve… — Food myths and fads · tree and pragmatics
description: A gym advert says «this powder made our star fast». What's the clever question to ask? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Food myths and fads

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A gym advert says «this powder made our star fast». What's the clever question to ask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gym advert, powder · **What happens:** say, make, be, ask · **To what, where:** star, clever question · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A gym advert says «this powder made our star fast».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t12:1
# text = A gym advert says «this powder made our star fast».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gym	gym	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a gym advert |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | past | this powder | our star |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset star=Product |

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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 the clever question to ask?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t12:2
# text = What's the clever question to ask?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the clever question |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Did years of training, food and sleep make him fast?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t12:o1:1
# text = Did years of training, food and sleep make him fast?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | years of training and food and sleep | him *= he* |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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How many tubs should I buy?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t12:o2:1
# text = How many tubs should I buy?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tubs	tub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | should | many tubs |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Which flavour is the fastest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t12:o3:1
# text = Which flavour is the fastest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	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 | **is** | present | which flavour |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Is it cheaper in bulk?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t12:o4:1
# text = Is it cheaper in bulk?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bulk	bulk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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