--- title: "chew gum in the exam = top marks, science says" What does the scien… — School legends · tree and pragmatics description: "chew gum in the exam = top marks, science says" What does the science really say? Test 9 of lesson 24 «School legends» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/24-school-legends/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [School legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/24-school-legends/) / t9 # Test 9 · School legends "chew gum in the exam = top marks, science says" What does the science really say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** science · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 24 «School legends» 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/24-school-legends/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t9:1 # text = "chew gum in the exam = top marks, science says" What does the science really say? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 chew chew NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 gum gum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 exam exam NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 = = SYM SYM _ 9 cc _ _ 8 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 15 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 really really ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | science | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the science | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} Top marks every time, proven many times ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t9:o1:1 # text = Top marks every time, proven many times 1 Top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 proven prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | participle | | Top marks every time *not said here* | | | time | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Gum has nothing to do with being alert ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t9:o2:1 # text = Gum has nothing to do with being alert ever 1 Gum gum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 alert alert ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Gum | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Gum *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | ever | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | alert *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A small, brief alertness boost at most, and mixed results ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t9:o3:1 # text = A small, brief alertness boost at most, and mixed results 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 brief brief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 alertness alertness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 boost boost NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 results result NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Gum makes your brain bigger for an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t9:o4:1 # text = Gum makes your brain bigger for an hour 1 Gum gum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Gum | your brain | | | | big *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset brain=Product | **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. 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