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# Test 11 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301…

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«a friend ate some shiny black berries from the park, should we just not tell anyone?» What is the right thing to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, we, right thing · **What happens:** eat, not tell, be, do · **To what, where:** shiny black berries, park, anyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 400 «The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301 to 399» 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/400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «a friend ate some shiny black berries from the park, should we just not tell anyone?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t11:1
# text = «a friend ate some shiny black berries from the park, should we just not tell anyone?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
18	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | a friend | some shiny black berries |  | the park |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | should | we |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

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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 is the right thing to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t11:2
# text = What is the right thing to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Give the friend more berries to compare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t11:o1:1
# text = Give the friend more berries to compare
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | more berries | the friend |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient berry=Theme |
| 2 | **compare** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tell a grown-up straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t11:o2:1
# text = Tell a grown-up straight away
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a grown |  |  |  | away *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep it secret so nobody is cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t11:o3:1
# text = Keep it secret so nobody is cross
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  | cross *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wait until tomorrow to see what happens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399:t11:o4:1
# text = Wait until tomorrow to see what happens
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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