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# Test 8 · ★★ · Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers

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«found a cool mushroom on the log, gonna eat it, looks fine» What is the best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best advice · **What happens:** find, eat, look, be · **To what, where:** cool mushroom, log, mushroom · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers» 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/47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t8:1
# text = «found a cool mushroom on the log, gonna eat it, looks fine» What is the best advice?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	dep	_	_
11	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
15	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	parataxis	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	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 | **find** *in a quote* | past |  | a cool mushroom |  | the log |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent mushroom=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | mushroom |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **look** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best advice |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Only eat the white ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t8:o1:1
# text = Only eat the white ones
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | the white ones |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fine, just cook it first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t8:o2:1
# text = Fine, just cook it first
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cook	cook	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Never eat a wild mushroom you cannot name; many are deadly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t8:o3:1
# text = Never eat a wild mushroom you cannot name; many are deadly
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	name	name	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | a wild mushroom |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mushroom=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **name** | can | you | a wild mushroom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mushroom=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | many |  |  |  |  | deadly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fine, mushrooms that grow on logs are always safe to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:47-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers:t8:o4:1
# text = Fine, mushrooms that grow on logs are always safe to eat
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Fine mushrooms |  |  | logs |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on log=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Fine mushrooms |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Fine mushrooms *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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