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title: Jayden eats 3 plates of pasta before a 2 km race, «carb loading inni… — Food myths and fads · tree and pragmatics
description: Jayden eats 3 plates of pasta before a 2 km race, «carb loading innit», and gets a stitch and a bloated belly. Mistake? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Food myths and fads

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Jayden eats 3 plates of pasta before a 2 km race, «carb loading innit», and gets a stitch and a bloated belly. Mistake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jayden, carb · **What happens:** eat, load, get, bloat · **To what, where:** 3 plates, innit, stitch

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jayden eats 3 plates of pasta before a 2 km race, «carb loading innit», and gets a stitch and a bloated belly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t7:1
# text = Jayden eats 3 plates of pasta before a 2 km race, «carb loading innit», and gets a stitch and a bloated belly.
1	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	carb	carb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	loading	load	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
16	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	stitch	stitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	bloated	bloat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	amod	_	_
26	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Jayden | 3 plates of pasta |  |  | before a km race |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient |
| 2 | **load** *in a quote* | gerund | carb | innit |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent innit=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | present | Jayden *not said here* | a stitch and a bloated belly |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stitch=Stimulus |
| 4 | **bloat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Mistake?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t7:2
# text = Mistake?
1	Mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Carb-loading is for very long races, not 2 km

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t7:o1:1
# text = Carb-loading is for very long races, not 2 km
1	Carb	carb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	loading	loading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	races	race	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Carb loading |  |  |  |  | for long races and 2 km | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pasta never has carbs in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t7:o2:1
# text = Pasta never has carbs in it
1	Pasta	Pasta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	carbs	carb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present | Pasta | carbs |  | it |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carb=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He should have eaten 4 plates for more energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t7:o3:1
# text = He should have eaten 4 plates for more energy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | should · perfect | He | 4 plates |  |  |  | for more energy | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He should have eaten them during the race

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:55-food-myths-and-fads:t7:o4:1
# text = He should have eaten them during the race
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | should · perfect | He | them *= they* |  |  | during the race |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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