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title: "OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!" What do you tell your… — Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules · tree and pragmatics
description: "OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!" What do you tell your mate? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' 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 was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

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"OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!" What do you tell your mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, guts, you · **What happens:** swallow, stick, tell · **To what, where:** gum, mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' 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/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t3:1
# text = "OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	OMG	omg	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	guts	gut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** *in a quote* | past | i | my gum |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient |
| 2 | **stick** *in a quote* | future | my guts |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 do you tell your mate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t3:2
# text = What do you tell your mate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you | your mate |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient mate=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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It'll pass through in a day or two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t3:o1:1
# text = It'll pass through in a day or two
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass through** | future | It |  |  |  | day |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Drink some cooking oil to unstick them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t3:o2:1
# text = Drink some cooking oil to unstick them
1	Drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
3	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	unstick	unstick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | some cooking oil |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient |
| 2 | **unstick** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It'll stay stuck in there for seven years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t3:o3:1
# text = It'll stay stuck in there for seven years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | future | It |  |  |  | year | stuck *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in there=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go to hospital right now, without waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t3:o4:1
# text = Go to hospital right now, without waiting
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | hospital | now |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hospital=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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