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title: Your mum stores onions and daffodil bulbs in the same box in the she… — Poisonous plants to stay away from: be… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mum stores onions and daffodil bulbs in the same box in the shed. Why is that a bad idea? Test 12 of lesson 392 «Poisonous plants to stay away from: berries, foxglove, yew and nightshade» 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 · Poisonous plants to stay away from: berries, foxglove, yew…

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Your mum stores onions and daffodil bulbs in the same box in the shed. Why is that a bad idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** store, be · **To what, where:** onions, same box, bad idea

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This is test 12 of lesson 392 «Poisonous plants to stay away from: berries, foxglove, yew and nightshade» 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/392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mum stores onions and daffodil bulbs in the same box in the shed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade:t12:1
# text = Your mum stores onions and daffodil bulbs in the same box in the shed.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stores	store	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	daffodil	daffodil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | present | Your mum | onions and daffodil bulbs |  | the same box in the shed |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent onion=Theme in box=Location |

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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:* Why is that a bad idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade:t12:2
# text = Why is that a bad idea?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bulbs make the onions grow yellow flowers in the box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade:t12:o1:1
# text = The bulbs make the onions grow yellow flowers in the box
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the bulbs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **grow** | present | the bulbs | yellow flowers |  | the box |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location flower=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The onions make the bulbs rot at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade:t12:o2:1
# text = The onions make the bulbs rot at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rot	rot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the onions |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rot** | present | the bulbs |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Daffodils steal the onion smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade:t12:o3:1
# text = Daffodils steal the onion smell
1	Daffodils	daffodil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	onion	onion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | Daffodils | the onion smell |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location smell=Theme |

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

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Someone could mix them up and cook a poisonous bulb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade:t12:o4:1
# text = Someone could mix them up and cook a poisonous bulb
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bulb	bulb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix up** | could | Someone | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **cook** | infinitive | Someone *not said here* | a poisonous bulb |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bulb=Patient |

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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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