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description: In a cartoon, a cheeky potato with eyes and arms sprouts in a sunny window and the kid eats it raw, green bits and all. What is the danger? Test 6 · ★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world

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In a cartoon, a cheeky potato with eyes and arms sprouts in a sunny window and the kid eats it raw, green bits and all. What is the danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cheeky potato, danger · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** kid, cartoon

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a cheeky potato with eyes and arms sprouts in a sunny window and the kid eats it raw, green bits and all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon, a cheeky potato with eyes and arms sprouts in a sunny window and the kid eats it raw, green bits and all.
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	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	sprouts	sprout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
20	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	raw	raw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a cheeky potato with eyes and arms sprouts in a sunny window and the kid | kid |  | a cartoon |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* What is the danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t6:2
# text = What is the danger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, green potatoes are healthiest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t6:o1:1
# text = Nothing, green potatoes are healthiest
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	healthiest	healthy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The eyes will see inside your tummy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t6:o2:1
# text = The eyes will see inside your tummy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | future | the eyes |  |  | your tummy |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Green parts and sprouts hold a natural poison that can upset your tummy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t6:o3:1
# text = Green parts and sprouts hold a natural poison that can upset your tummy
1	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sprouts	sprout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	upset	upset	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | Green parts and sprouts | a natural poison |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Theme |
| 2 | **upset** | can | a natural poison | your tummy |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tummy=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Raw potatoes turn into chips inside you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t6:o4:1
# text = Raw potatoes turn into chips inside you
1	Raw	raw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Raw potatoes |  |  | chips |  | inside you | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into chip=Trajectory |

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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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