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title: In a cartoon, the hero eats a red toadstool with white spots and gro… — Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the hero eats a red toadstool with white spots and grows huge. What is the truth? Test 2 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 2 · Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast

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In a cartoon, the hero eats a red toadstool with white spots and grows huge. What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hero, truth · **What happens:** eat, grow, be · **To what, where:** red toadstool, cartoon

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the hero eats a red toadstool with white spots and grows huge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, the hero eats a red toadstool with white spots and grows huge.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	toadstool	toadstool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | the hero | a red toadstool |  | a cartoon |  | with white spots | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toadstool=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | present | the hero *not said here* |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | 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:* What is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t2:2
# text = What is the truth?
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	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It only makes you sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t2:o1:1
# text = It only makes you sleepy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | you |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

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

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The fly agaric is poisonous and must never be eaten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t2:o2:1
# text = The fly agaric is poisonous and must never be eaten
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	agaric	agaric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the fly agaric |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | must · passive | the fly agaric *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is safe when cooked for long enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t2:o3:1
# text = It is safe when cooked for long enough
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for long=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is safe and gives you strength, like spinach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t2:o4:1
# text = It is safe and gives you strength, like spinach
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	spinach	spinach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present |  | strength | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient strength=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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