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title: Mate: "Honey's natural innit, so I can scoff loads and get no fillin… — "It's natural so it's healthy" and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate: "Honey's natural innit, so I can scoff loads and get no fillings." What is true? Test 9 of lesson 179 «"It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 9 · "It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure

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Mate: "Honey's natural innit, so I can scoff loads and get no fillings." What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** scoff, get, be · **To what, where:** loads, fillings

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This is test 9 of lesson 179 «"It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure» of the world 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/world/179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate: "Honey's natural innit, so I can scoff loads and get no fillings."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:t9:1
# text = Mate: "Honey's natural innit, so I can scoff loads and get no fillings."
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Honey	Honey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	scoff	scoff	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
13	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	fillings	filling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** *in a quote* | can | I | loads |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | no fillings |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer filling=Stimulus |

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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 is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:t9:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Honey can't harm teeth at all, because it's natural

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:t9:o1:1
# text = Honey can't harm teeth at all, because it's natural
1	Honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **harm** | can | Honey | teeth |  | all |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | Honey *not said here* |  |  |  |  | natural *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Honey is fine as long as it's runny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:t9:o2:1
# text = Honey is fine as long as it's runny
1	Honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	runny	runny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Honey |  |  |  |  | fine, long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Honey |  |  |  |  | runny *property* | tree rules |

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

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Honey is mostly sugar and can cause tooth decay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:t9:o3:1
# text = Honey is mostly sugar and can cause tooth decay
1	Honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	decay	decay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Honey | sugar |  |  |  | mostly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | can | Honey *not said here* | tooth decay |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition decay=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Natural sugar fills holes in teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure:t9:o4:1
# text = Natural sugar fills holes in teeth
1	Natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | present | Natural sugar | holes |  | teeth |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |

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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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