--- title: Tom says in a food chain the arrow points to what gets eaten. true? — Food chains and food webs · tree and pragmatics description: Tom says in a food chain the arrow points to what gets eaten. true? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 26 «Food chains and food webs» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/26-food-chains-and-webs/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Food chains and food webs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/26-food-chains-and-webs/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Food chains and food webs Tom says in a food chain the arrow points to what gets eaten. true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, arrow · **What happens:** say, point, eat · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 26 «Food chains and food webs» 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/26-food-chains-and-webs/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:26-food-chains-and-webs:t12:1 # text = Tom says in a food chain the arrow points to what gets eaten. true? 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 12 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 15 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **point** | present | the arrow | | | | | in a food chain; true *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chain=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» | 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} No, the arrows have no direction ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:26-food-chains-and-webs:t12:o1:1 # text = No, the arrows have no direction 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the arrows | no direction | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it points from the eaten to the eater ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:26-food-chains-and-webs:t12:o2:1 # text = No, it points from the eaten to the eater 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eater eater NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | participle | | | | | | to the eater | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it shows who runs away ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:26-food-chains-and-webs:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, it shows who runs away 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | it | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **run away** | present | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it points at the food ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:26-food-chains-and-webs:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, it points at the food 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | it | | | the food | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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