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# Test 11 · ★ · Nuts, beans, seeds and spices

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«coconuts grow in the sea, that's why they're on beaches» What is the true story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** coconuts, that · **What happens:** grow, be · **To what, where:** sea, beaches, true story

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 348 «Nuts, beans, seeds and spices» 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/348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t11:1
# text = «coconuts grow in the sea, that's why they're on beaches» What is the true story?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	coconuts	coconut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | coconuts |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | coconuts *= coconut* |  |  | beaches |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the true story |  |  |  |  | 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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Coconuts grow on palms, but their husks let them float and sprout on far beaches

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t11:o1:1
# text = Coconuts grow on palms, but their husks let them float and sprout on far beaches
1	Coconuts	coconut	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	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	husks	husk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sprout	sprout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Coconuts |  |  | palms |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on palm=Location |
| 2 | **let** | present | Coconuts's husks | Coconuts *= coconut* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **float** | infinitive | Coconuts *= coconut* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **sprout** | infinitive | Coconuts *= coconut* *not said here* |  |  | far beaches |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are laid by turtles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t11:o2:1
# text = They are laid by turtles
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present · passive | turtles | They |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, they grow on the sea bed and the waves wash them up onto the sand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, they grow on the sea bed and the waves wash them up onto the sand
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wash	wash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
15	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | they |  |  | the sea bed |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bed=Location |
| 2 | **wash up** | present | the waves | them *= they* |  | the sand |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are dropped by seagulls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t11:o4:1
# text = They are dropped by seagulls
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	seagulls	seagull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present · passive | seagulls | They |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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