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description: A puffball the size of a football bursts. Why does it make so many spores? Test 11 of lesson 62 «Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast

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A puffball the size of a football bursts. Why does it make so many spores?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** puffball · **What happens:** burst, make · **To what, where:** many spores

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This is test 11 of lesson 62 «Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast» 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/62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A puffball the size of a football bursts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t11:1
# text = A puffball the size of a football bursts.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puffball	puffball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	bursts	burst	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | present | a puffball |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 does it make so many spores?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t11:2
# text = Why does it make so many spores?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spores	spore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | puffball | many spores |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material spore=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To make clouds and rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t11:o1:1
# text = To make clouds and rain
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | clouds and rain |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloud=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every spore always grows into a new puffball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t11:o2:1
# text = Every spore always grows into a new puffball
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	spore	spore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	puffball	puffball	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** | present | every spore |  |  |  |  | into a new puffball *result*; always *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into puffball=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To feed birds that eat dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t11:o3:1
# text = To feed birds that eat dust
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  |  | birds |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient |
| 2 | **eat** | present | birds | dust |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Most spores land in bad places, so only a few grow into new fungi

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t11:o4:1
# text = Most spores land in bad places, so only a few grow into new fungi
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	spores	spore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj	_	_
12	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	fungi	fungus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | Most spores |  |  | bad places |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in place=Destination |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a few |  |  |  |  | into new fungi *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into fungus=Result |

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