--- title: What would happen if you put a popcorn kernel with a crack in its sh… — Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, f… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you put a popcorn kernel with a crack in its shell in the hot pan? 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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/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t5:1 # text = What would happen if you put a popcorn kernel with a crack in its shell in the hot pan? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 put put VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 popcorn popcorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 kernel kernel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a popcorn kernel | | crack's shell | | with a crack; in the hot pan | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kernel=Theme in shell=Destination | 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} It would turn into a seed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t5:o1:1 # text = It would turn into a seed 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | a seed | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into seed=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would pop twice as big ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t5:o2:1 # text = It would pop twice as big 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pop pop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pop** | would | It | | | | | big, twice *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It would not pop well, as the steam escapes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t5:o3:1 # text = It would not pop well, as the steam escapes 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 pop pop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 escapes escape VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pop** | would | It | | | | | well *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **escape** | present | the steam | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would melt ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t5:o4:1 # text = It would melt 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | would | It | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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