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title: Fleming only noticed the mould because he came back from holiday to… — Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast · tree and pragmatics
description: Fleming only noticed the mould because he came back from holiday to a messy dish. What does that teach? Test 6 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 wa
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# Test 6 · Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast

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Fleming only noticed the mould because he came back from holiday to a messy dish. What does that teach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Fleming, that · **What happens:** notice, come back, teach · **To what, where:** mould, holiday

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Fleming only noticed the mould because he came back from holiday to a messy dish.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t6:1
# text = Fleming only noticed the mould because he came back from holiday to a messy dish.
1	Fleming	Fleming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | Fleming | the mould |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mould=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come back** | past | Fleming |  |  | holiday |  | to a messy dish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from holiday=Initial\_Location to dish=Destination |

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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 does that teach?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t6:2
# text = What does that teach?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Careful scientists look at surprises instead of throwing them away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t6:o1:1
# text = Careful scientists look at surprises instead of throwing them away
1	Careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	surprises	surprise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Careful scientists |  |  |  |  | at surprises | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at surprise=Theme |
| 2 | **throw away** | gerund | Careful scientists *not said here* | scientists *= scientist* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mould only grows when people are away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t6:o2:1
# text = Mould only grows when people are away
1	Mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Mould |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | people |  |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Holidays make bacteria die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t6:o3:1
# text = Holidays make bacteria die
1	Holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Holidays | bacteria |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | infinitive | bacteria *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Messy labs always find medicines, so you should never clean up at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t6:o4:1
# text = Messy labs always find medicines, so you should never clean up at all
1	Messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	labs	lab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Messy labs | medicines |  |  |  | always *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **clean up** | should | you |  |  | all |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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