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title: Ascertain the consequence of the ingestion of a mint confection toge… — What really happens to things you swal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the consequence of the ingestion of a mint confection together with a carbonated cola beverage. Exam question 4 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; 
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# Exam question 4 · What really happens to things you swallow

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Ascertain the consequence of the ingestion of a mint confection together with a carbonated cola beverage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, carbonate, ingest · **To what, where:** consequence, mint confection

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the consequence of the ingestion of a mint confection together with a carbonated cola beverage.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ingestion	ingestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	confection	confection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	carbonated	carbonate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
15	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	beverage	beverage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence of the ingestion of a mint confection |  |  |  | with a carbonated cola beverage; together *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **carbonate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ingest** |  |  | a mint confection |  |  |  |  | nom ingestion «act transitive»: of=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 liberated gas is expelled principally by eructation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e4:o1:1
# text = The liberated gas is expelled principally by eructation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	liberated	liberate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	expelled	expel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	eructation	eructation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **liberate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **expel** | present · passive | eructation | the liberated gas |  |  |  | principally *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The stomach is ruptured by the pressure of the gas so liberated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e4:o2:1
# text = The stomach is ruptured by the pressure of the gas so liberated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	ruptured	rupture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	liberated	liberate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rupture** | present · passive | the pressure of the gas | the stomach |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **liberate** | participle |  | the gas *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **press** |  |  | the gas |  |  |  |  | nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No gas whatsoever is liberated within the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e4:o3:1
# text = No gas whatsoever is liberated within the body
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	liberated	liberate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **liberate** | present · passive |  | whatsoever |  |  |  | within the body | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The stomach contents are rendered solid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:e4:o4:1
# text = The stomach contents are rendered solid
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present · passive |  | the stomach contents |  |  |  | solid *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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