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title: Identify the principal reason for which a seed ingested by a person… — What really happens to things you swal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a seed ingested by a person cannot germinate within the stomach. Exam question 2 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · What really happens to things you swallow

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Identify the principal reason for which a seed ingested by a person cannot germinate within the stomach.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, seed · **What happens:** identify, ingest, not germinate · **To what, where:** principal reason, seed

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/myths/1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a seed ingested by a person cannot germinate within the stomach.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
9	ingested	ingest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	germinate	germinate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
16	within	within	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **ingest** | participle |  | a seed *not said here* |  |  |  | by a person | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal |
| 3 | **not** **germinate** | can | a seed |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; within the stomach | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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The stomach is dark, highly acidic and devoid of soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e2:o1:1
# text = The stomach is dark, highly acidic and devoid of soil
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	highly	highly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	acidic	acidic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	devoid	devoid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the stomach |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the stomach *not said here* |  |  |  |  | highly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the stomach *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of soil | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Seeds germinate solely during the hours of daylight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e2:o2:1
# text = Seeds germinate solely during the hours of daylight
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	germinate	germinate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **germinate** | present | Seeds |  |  |  | hour | solely *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The stomach is excessively cold for germination

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e2:o3:1
# text = The stomach is excessively cold for germination
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	germination	germination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the stomach |  |  |  |  | for germination; cold, excessively *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Seeds are rendered lifeless upon contact with saliva

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e2:o4:1
# text = Seeds are rendered lifeless upon contact with saliva
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	lifeless	lifeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	saliva	saliva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present · passive |  | Seeds |  |  |  | upon contact with saliva; lifeless *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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