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title: "Shut up, Rory, apple pips are totally harmless and there's nothing… — What really happens to things you swal… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Shut up, Rory, apple pips are totally harmless and there's nothing in them." Who is closer to the truth? Test 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; Mova's ch
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# Test 4 · What really happens to things you swallow

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"Shut up, Rory, apple pips are totally harmless and there's nothing in them." Who is closer to the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** apple pips, nothing · **What happens:** shut up, be · **To what, where:** Rory

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Shut up, Rory, apple pips are totally harmless and there's nothing in them."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t4:1
# text = "Shut up, Rory, apple pips are totally harmless and there's nothing in them."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Shut	shut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Rory	Rory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pips	pip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	nsubj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | participle |  | Rory |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | apple pips |  |  |  |  | harmless, totally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing |  |  | there |  | in pips *= pip* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in they=Location |

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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:* Who is closer to the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t4:2
# text = Who is closer to the truth?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the truth; close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Neither: the substance is real, but the amount in a pip is tiny

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t4:o1:1
# text = Neither: the substance is real, but the amount in a pip is tiny
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pip	pip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the substance |  |  |  |  | neither, real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the amount in a pip |  |  |  |  | tiny *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both: pips are harmless and also deadly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t4:o2:1
# text = Both: pips are harmless and also deadly
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pips	pip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | both pips |  |  |  |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | both pips *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The mate shouting at Rory: pips have nothing in them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t4:o3:1
# text = The mate shouting at Rory: pips have nothing in them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Rory	Rory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	pips	pip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the mate *not said here* |  |  | Rory |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | the mate | nothing |  |  |  | in pips *= pip* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rory: one pip will poison you straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t4:o4:1
# text = Rory: one pip will poison you straight away
1	Rory	Rory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pip	pip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	poison	poison	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | future | Rory | you |  |  |  | away *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

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