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title: Identify the principal reason for which a person ought not to consum… — Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a person ought not to consume berries found growing wild. Exam question 1 of lesson 255 «Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying safe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 1 · Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying s…

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Identify the principal reason for which a person ought not to consume berries found growing wild.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, person, berries · **What happens:** identify, not consume, find, grow · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 255 «Plants deeper: poisonous and stinging plants and staying safe» of the biology 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/biology/255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a person ought not to consume berries found growing wild.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
15	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	_
16	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **consume** | ought | a person | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn consume-66 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal |
| 3 | **find** | past | berries |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **grow** | gerund | berries *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Wild berries contain no nourishment whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:e1:o1:1
# text = Wild berries contain no nourishment whatsoever
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | Wild berries | no nourishment |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nourishment=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Berries become poisonous upon being touched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:e1:o2:1
# text = Berries become poisonous upon being touched
1	Berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | Berries |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **touch** | gerund · passive | Berries *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many such berries are poisonous to human beings, notwithstanding their consumption by birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:e1:o3:1
# text = Many such berries are poisonous to human beings, notwithstanding their consumption by birds
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Many such berries |  |  |  |  | to human beings; poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **notwithstand** | gerund | Many such berries *not said here* | berries's consumption |  |  |  | by birds | tree rules |
| 3 | **consume** |  | berries *= berry* |  |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All wild berries are invariably poisonous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe:e1:o4:1
# text = All wild berries are invariably poisonous
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all wild berries |  |  |  |  | invariably, poisonous *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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