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title: Uncle Steve says, "Coffee stunts your growth, that's why I'm short!"… — What really happens to things you swal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Uncle Steve says, "Coffee stunts your growth, that's why I'm short!" Which is true? Test 5 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 right.
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# Test 5 · What really happens to things you swallow

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Uncle Steve says, "Coffee stunts your growth, that's why I'm short!" Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Uncle Steve, Coffee, that, your · **What happens:** say, stunt, be, grow · **To what, where:** growth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle Steve says, "Coffee stunts your growth, that's why I'm short!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t5:1
# text = Uncle Steve says, "Coffee stunts your growth, that's why I'm short!"
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Steve	Steve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stunts	stunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Uncle Steve |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stunt** *in a quote* | present | Coffee | your growth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Uncle Steve *= steve* |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **grow** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom growth «process intransitive»: poss=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t5:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He's right, coffee shrinks bones in children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t5:o1:1
# text = He's right, coffee shrinks bones in children
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shrinks	shrink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shrink** | present | coffee | bones |  |  |  | in children | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Coffee makes children grow faster than milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t5:o2:1
# text = Coffee makes children grow faster than milk
1	Coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Coffee | children |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Coffee doesn't stunt growth, but it isn't good for kids' sleep

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t5:o3:1
# text = Coffee doesn't stunt growth, but it isn't good for kids' sleep
1	Coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	stunt	stunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stunt** | present · do-support | Coffee | growth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | Coffee |  |  |  |  | for kids's sleep; good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** |  | kids |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coffee is the best drink for children before bed, as it warms them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow:t5:o4:1
# text = Coffee is the best drink for children before bed, as it warms them
1	Coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Coffee | the best drink |  |  | before bed | for children | tree rules |
| 2 | **warm** | present | Coffee | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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