--- title: An astronaut eats in space where there is almost no up or down. Can… — Digestion: from mouth to intestines · tree and pragmatics description: An astronaut eats in space where there is almost no up or down. Can the food still reach the stomach? Test 1 of lesson 33 «Digestion: from mouth to intestines» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/33-digestion/t1/) [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/) / [Digestion: from mouth to intestines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/33-digestion/) / t1 # Test 1 · Digestion: from mouth to intestines An astronaut eats in space where there is almost no up or down. Can the food still reach the stomach? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** astronaut, food · **What happens:** eat, no up, reach · **To what, where:** space, stomach This is test 1 of lesson 33 «Digestion: from mouth to intestines» 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/33-digestion/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An astronaut eats in space where there is almost no up or down. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:t1:1 # text = An astronaut eats in space where there is almost no up or down. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 astronaut astronaut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 almost almost ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 no no VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | a astronaut | | | space | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **no up** | present · passive | | | | there | | almost *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Can the food still reach the stomach? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:t1:2 # text = Can the food still reach the stomach? 1 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | can | the food | the stomach | | | still | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent stomach=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, food needs gravity to fall down ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:t1:o1:1 # text = No, food needs gravity to fall down 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | food | gravity | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gravity=Theme | | 2 | **fall down** | to-infinitive | food *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, muscles in the food pipe squeeze it along ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:t1:o2:1 # text = Yes, muscles in the food pipe squeeze it along 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 muscles muscle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 squeeze squeeze VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 along along ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | present | muscles in the food pipe | pipe | | | | along *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only if the food is liquid ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:t1:o3:1 # text = Only if the food is liquid 1 Only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 liquid liquid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the food | | | | | liquid *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only if the astronaut stands up ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:t1:o4:1 # text = Only if the astronaut stands up 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 astronaut astronaut NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | present | the astronaut | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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