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title: In Ice Age, Scrat chases an acorn. If he had a corn cob instead and… — Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants t… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Ice Age, Scrat chases an acorn. If he had a corn cob instead and planted every kernel, what would grow? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world

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In Ice Age, Scrat chases an acorn. If he had a corn cob instead and planted every kernel, what would grow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scrat, kernel · **What happens:** chase, plant, grow · **To what, where:** acorn, Ice Age, kernel

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» 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/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Ice Age, Scrat chases an acorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t12:1
# text = In Ice Age, Scrat chases an acorn.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Scrat	Scrat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chases	chase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	acorn	acorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present | Scrat | a acorn |  |  | in Ice Age |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme in age=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* If he had a corn cob instead and planted every kernel, what would grow?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t12:2
# text = If he had a corn cob instead and planted every kernel, what would grow?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cob	cob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	kernel	kernel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past · perfect |  | every kernel |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kernel=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | would | every kernel |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing would grow, because corn kernels are only food and not seeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t12:o1:1
# text = Nothing would grow, because corn kernels are only food and not seeds
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	kernels	kernel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | corn kernels | food and seeds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One big oak tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t12:o2:1
# text = One big oak tree
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A field of potatoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t12:o3:1
# text = A field of potatoes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A maize plant from each kernel, because each kernel is a seed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t12:o4:1
# text = A maize plant from each kernel, because each kernel is a seed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	maize	maize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	kernel	kernel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	kernel	kernel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a maize plant from each kernel and each kernel | a seed |  |  |  |  | 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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