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title: Why does one rotten apple spoil the rest of the bowl? — Fruit: how apples, bananas, oranges, s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does one rotten apple spoil the rest of the bowl? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 346 «Fruit: how apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries and grapes grow» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Fruit: how apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries and grap…

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Why does one rotten apple spoil the rest of the bowl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one rotten apple · **What happens:** spoil · **To what, where:** rest

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 346 «Fruit: how apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries and grapes grow» 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/346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:t8:1
# text = Why does one rotten apple spoil the rest of the bowl?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spoil	spoil	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spoil** | present · do-support | one rotten apple | the rest of the bowl |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It gives off lots of ethylene gas that makes the others ripen and rot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:t8:o1:1
# text = It gives off lots of ethylene gas that makes the others ripen and rot
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ethylene	ethylene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	ripen	ripen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	rot	rot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give off** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **make** | present | ethylene gas | the others |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset other=Product |
| 3 | **ripen** | present | lots of ethylene gas |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **rot** | present | lots of ethylene gas *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rot jumps from apple to apple like a flea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:t8:o2:1
# text = Rot jumps from apple to apple like a flea
1	Rot	rot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	flea	flea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | present | Rot |  |  | apple |  | to apple *result*; like a flea | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient from apple=Initial\_State to apple=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It does not, that is only a saying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:t8:o3:1
# text = It does not, that is only a saying
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	saying	saying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | a saying |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The rotten apple sucks all the juice out of the other apples through their skins

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:t8:o4:1
# text = The rotten apple sucks all the juice out of the other apples through their skins
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck** | present | the rotten apple | all juice |  | the other apples |  | through their skins | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent juice=Theme out apple=Source |

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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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