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title: It is given that two eggs differ solely in the colour of their shell… — Food on the floor and kitchen rules · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that two eggs differ solely in the colour of their shells, one being brown and the other white. Determine the principal cause of this difference. Exam question 4 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 4 · Food on the floor and kitchen rules

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It is given that two eggs differ solely in the colour of their shells, one being brown and the other white. Determine the principal cause of this difference.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two eggs, one, you · **What happens:** give, differ, be, determine, cause · **To what, where:** It, colour, principal cause, difference

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» 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/22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that two eggs differ solely in the colour of their shells, one being brown and the other white.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e4:1
# text = It is given that two eggs differ solely in the colour of their shells, one being brown and the other white.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nsubj	_	_
17	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	cop	_	_
18	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **differ** | present | two eggs |  |  | the colour of eggs's shells |  | solely *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | gerund | one |  |  |  |  | brown *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Determine the principal cause of this difference.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e4:2
# text = Determine the principal cause of this difference.
1	Determine	determine	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	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal cause of this difference |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic |
| 2 | **cause** |  |  | this difference |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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The breed of the hen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e4:o1:1
# text = The breed of the hen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breed	breed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The age of the egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e4:o2:1
# text = The age of the egg
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The nutritional value of the egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e4:o3:1
# text = The nutritional value of the egg
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nutritional	nutritional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **value** |  |  | the egg |  |  |  |  | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The colour of the hen's feed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e4:o4:1
# text = The colour of the hen's feed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	feed	feed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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