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title: It is given that children were administered either sugar or a sugar-… — Growing, skin, hair and food · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that children were administered either sugar or a sugar-free substitute, neither the children nor their parents being informed which. Select the response consistent with the findings. Exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» of the myths course of Mova's primary school,
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# Exam question 2 · Growing, skin, hair and food

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It is given that children were administered either sugar or a sugar-free substitute, neither the children nor their parents being informed which. Select the response consistent with the findings.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, administer, inform, select · **To what, where:** It, children, response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» 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/6-growing-skin-hair-and-food/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that children were administered either sugar or a sugar-free substitute, neither the children nor their parents being informed which.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e2:1
# text = It is given that children were administered either sugar or a sugar-free substitute, neither the children nor their parents being informed which.
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	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc:preconj	_	_
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	substitute	substitute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
17	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	24	cc:preconj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	22	cc	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
23	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	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 | **administer** | past · passive |  | children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund · passive |  | the children nor children's parents |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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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:* Select the response consistent with the findings.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e2:2
# text = Select the response consistent with the findings.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	findings	finding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The parents correctly identified every child given sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e2:o1:1
# text = The parents correctly identified every child given sugar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	identified	identify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | past | the parents | every child |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | participle | every child *not said here* | sugar |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sugar produced a marked increase in hyperactivity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e2:o2:1
# text = Sugar produced a marked increase in hyperactivity
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	produced	produce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hyperactivity	hyperactivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | past | Sugar | a marked increase |  | hyperactivity |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent increase=Result |
| 2 | **mark** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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No difference in behaviour attributable to sugar was observed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e2:o3:1
# text = No difference in behaviour attributable to sugar was observed
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	attributable	attributable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | past · passive |  | no difference in behaviour |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sugar-free substitute produced hyperactivity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e2:o4:1
# text = The sugar-free substitute produced hyperactivity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	substitute	substitute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	hyperactivity	hyperactivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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