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title: «saw a vid where a mushroom grew in 5 seconds, faked innit» What is… — How nature documentaries are made: hid… · tree and pragmatics
description: «saw a vid where a mushroom grew in 5 seconds, faked innit» What is the most likely explanation? Test 5 of lesson 394 «How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 5 · How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, dr…

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«saw a vid where a mushroom grew in 5 seconds, faked innit» What is the most likely explanation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vid, likely explanation · **What happens:** see, grow, fake, be · **To what, where:** faked innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 394 «How nature documentaries are made: hides, camera traps, drones and years of waiting» 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/394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t5:1
# text = «saw a vid where a mushroom grew in 5 seconds, faked innit» What is the most likely explanation?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vid	vid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	faked	fake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	parataxis	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | a vid | faked innit |  |  | second |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fake** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the likely explanation |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Mushrooms really can grow from nothing in five seconds after rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t5:o1:1
# text = Mushrooms really can grow from nothing in five seconds after rain
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | can | Mushrooms |  |  |  | after rain; second | from nothing | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from nothing=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is time-lapse: pictures taken over days shown quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t5:o2:1
# text = It is time-lapse: pictures taken over days shown quickly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	lapse	lapse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | time lapse and pictures |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | participle |  | pictures *not said here* |  |  | day |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **show** | participle |  | days *not said here* |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It was just a cartoon mushroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t5:o3:1
# text = It was just a cartoon mushroom
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a cartoon mushroom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The mushroom was pulled up with a string

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting:t5:o4:1
# text = The mushroom was pulled up with a string
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull up** | past · passive |  | the mushroom |  |  |  | with a string | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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