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# Exam question 1 · "It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the claim that a substance is beneficial because it is natural?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** follow, characteris, be · **To what, where:** claim

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 179 «"It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure» of the world 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/world/179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the claim that a substance is beneficial because it is natural?
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	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl	_	_
16	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	expl	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 claim |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | a substance | the claim *not said here* |  |  |  | beneficial *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | a substance *not said here* |  |  |  |  | natural *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 {#o1}

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Natural origin guarantees a substance's effectiveness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:e1:o1:1
# text = Natural origin guarantees a substance's effectiveness
1	Natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	guarantees	guarantee	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	effectiveness	effectiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | present | Natural origin | a substance's effectiveness |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition effectiveness=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Natural origin does not establish safety, since many natural substances are poisonous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:e1:o2:1
# text = Natural origin does not establish safety, since many natural substances are poisonous
1	Natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	substances	substance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **establish** | present · do-support | Natural origin | safety |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent safety=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | many natural substances |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only manufactured substances may cause harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:e1:o3:1
# text = Only manufactured substances may cause harm
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	substances	substance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manufacture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cause** | may | manufactured substances | harm |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Natural substances are harmless in any quantity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:e1:o4:1
# text = Natural substances are harmless in any quantity
1	Natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	substances	substance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Natural substances |  |  | any quantity |  | harmless *property* | tree rules |

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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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