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title: In a cartoon, a squirrel cracks a fresh cashew in its shell and munc… — Nuts, beans, seeds and spices · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a squirrel cracks a fresh cashew in its shell and munches it. What would happen in real life? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 348 «Nuts, beans, seeds and spices» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 12 · ★ · Nuts, beans, seeds and spices

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In a cartoon, a squirrel cracks a fresh cashew in its shell and munches it. What would happen in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** squirrel · **What happens:** crack, munch, happen · **To what, where:** fresh cashew, cartoon, squirrel, real life

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a squirrel cracks a fresh cashew in its shell and munches it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t12:1
# text = In a cartoon, a squirrel cracks a fresh cashew in its shell and munches it.
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	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cashew	cashew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	munches	munch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | present | a squirrel | a fresh cashew |  | a cartoon |  | in squirrel's shell | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cashew=Theme |
| 2 | **munch** | present | a squirrel *not said here* | squirrel |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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 would happen in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t12:2
# text = What would happen in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  | real life |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The squirrel would grow a cashew tree inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t12:o1:1
# text = The squirrel would grow a cashew tree inside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cashew	cashew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | the squirrel | a cashew tree |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, cashew shells are sweet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t12:o2:1
# text = Nothing, cashew shells are sweet
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cashew	cashew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The oily shell would burn its mouth and skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t12:o3:1
# text = The oily shell would burn its mouth and skin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	oily	oily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | would | the oily shell | shell's mouth and skin |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cashew would explode

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t12:o4:1
# text = The cashew would explode
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cashew	cashew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	explode	explode	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explode** | would | the cashew |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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