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title: Which myth here is most worth correcting firmly, not just laughing at? — What really happens to things you swal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which myth here is most worth correcting firmly, not just laughing at? Test 10 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · What really happens to things you swallow

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Which myth here is most worth correcting firmly, not just laughing at?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** myth · **What happens:** be, correct, not laugh

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This is test 10 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths 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/myths/1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t10:1
# text = Which myth here is most worth correcting firmly, not just laughing at?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	correcting	correct	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	advcl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which myth |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | gerund | which myth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **laugh** | gerund | which myth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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That eating crusts makes your hair go curly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t10:o1:1
# text = That eating crusts makes your hair go curly
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	eating	eating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	crusts	crust	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	curly	curly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | that eating |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | that eating | your hair |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | your hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  | curly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That a whole melon will grow in your belly from a pip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t10:o2:1
# text = That a whole melon will grow in your belly from a pip
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	melon	melon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pip	pip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | future | That |  |  | your belly |  | from a pip | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in belly=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That cheese gives you nightmares

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t10:o3:1
# text = That cheese gives you nightmares
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	nightmares	nightmare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That you should grab someone's tongue in a seizure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t10:o4:1
# text = That you should grab someone's tongue in a seizure
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	seizure	seizure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | should | That | someone's tongue |  | a seizure |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=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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