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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "superfood"? Exam question 1 of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 1 · How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "superfood"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» 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/30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "superfood"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	superfood	superfood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the term |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A legal classification of medicinal produce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e1:o1:1
# text = A legal classification of medicinal produce
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	classification	classification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	medicinal	medicinal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	produce	produce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **classify** |  |  | medicinal produce |  |  |  |  | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A marketing expression lacking scientific definition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e1:o2:1
# text = A marketing expression lacking scientific definition
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	marketing	marketing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	lacking	lack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	definition	definition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | gerund | a marketing expression *not said here* | scientific definition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A scientific category of foods proven to cure disease

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e1:o3:1
# text = A scientific category of foods proven to cure disease
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	category	category	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | participle |  | foods *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **cure** | to-infinitive |  | disease |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer disease=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A term denoting foods cultivated in orbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e1:o4:1
# text = A term denoting foods cultivated in orbit
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	denoting	denote	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	cultivated	cultivate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	orbit	orbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | gerund | a term *not said here* | foods |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot food=Topic |
| 2 | **cultivate** | participle |  | a term *not said here* |  | orbit |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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