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title: Ivy's mum says eat your crusts because "that's where all the vitamin… — Food on the floor and kitchen rules · tree and pragmatics
description: Ivy's mum says eat your crusts because "that's where all the vitamins are". What's the honest truth? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» 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 
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Food on the floor and kitchen rules

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Ivy's mum says eat your crusts because "that's where all the vitamins are". What's the honest truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, that, honest truth · **What happens:** say, eat, be · **To what, where:** crusts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» 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/22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ivy's mum says eat your crusts because "that's where all the vitamins are".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t9:1
# text = Ivy's mum says eat your crusts because "that's where all the vitamins are".
1	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	crusts	crust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ivy's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive |  | your crusts |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crust=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | where *property* | 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:* What's the honest truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t9:2
# text = What's the honest truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Crusts have no goodness at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t9:o1:1
# text = Crusts have no goodness at all
1	Crusts	crust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Crusts | no goodness |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodness=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Crusts are poisonous if burnt even a little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t9:o2:1
# text = Crusts are poisonous if burnt even a little
1	Crusts	crust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	little	little	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 | Crusts |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **burnt** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | Crusts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Crust and middle have almost the same goodness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t9:o3:1
# text = Crust and middle have almost the same goodness
1	Crust	crust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Crust and middle | the same goodness |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodness=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crusts have all the vitamins, the middle has none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:t9:o4:1
# text = Crusts have all the vitamins, the middle has none
1	Crusts	crust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Crusts | all vitamins |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vitamin=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | the middle | none |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient |

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