--- title: In a cartoon a farmer picks potatoes off a tall tree. What is right? — The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, t… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon a farmer picks potatoes off a tall tree. What is right? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 338 «The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs» of the biology 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/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/t5/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs In a cartoon a farmer picks potatoes off a tall tree. What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** farmer · **What happens:** pick, be · **To what, where:** potatoes, cartoon This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 338 «The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs» of the biology 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/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a farmer picks potatoes off a tall tree. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t5:1 # text = In a cartoon a farmer picks potatoes off a tall tree. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 picks pick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | present | a farmer | potatoes | | a cartoon | | off a tall tree | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient | 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:* What is right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t5:2 # text = What is right? 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 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Potatoes are swollen stems that grow underground ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t5:o1:1 # text = Potatoes are swollen stems that grow underground 1 Potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 swollen swollen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 underground underground ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Potatoes | swollen stems | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | present | swollen stems | | | | | underground *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Potatoes fall from the sky in rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t5:o2:1 # text = Potatoes fall from the sky in rain 1 Potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | Potatoes | | | the sky | | in rain | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in rain=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Potatoes grow inside pea pods ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t5:o3:1 # text = Potatoes grow inside pea pods 1 Potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 inside inside ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 pods pod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | Potatoes | | | pea pods | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside pod=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Potatoes grow on trees in hot countries ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t5:o4:1 # text = Potatoes grow on trees in hot countries 1 Potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | Potatoes | | | trees | | in hot countries | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location | **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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