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description: In a video game a glowing mushroom is a magic potion. Why do real ones glow? Test 8 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 8 · Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast

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In a video game a glowing mushroom is a magic potion. Why do real ones glow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** glowing mushroom, real ones · **What happens:** glow, be · **To what, where:** magic potion, video game

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a video game a glowing mushroom is a magic potion.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t8:1
# text = In a video game a glowing mushroom is a magic potion.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a glowing mushroom | a magic potion |  | a video game |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why do real ones glow?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t8:2
# text = Why do real ones glow?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present · do-support | real ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They are full of magic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t8:o1:1
# text = They are full of magic
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of magic; full *property* | tree rules |

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

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A chemical reaction inside makes light, called bioluminescence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t8:o2:1
# text = A chemical reaction inside makes light, called bioluminescence
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	bioluminescence	bioluminescence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a chemical reaction | light |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product |
| 2 | **call** | participle | light *not said here* | bioluminescence |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are covered in lightning bugs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t8:o3:1
# text = They are covered in lightning bugs
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bugs	bug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | in lightning bugs | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in bug=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They store up the sunlight from the day and let it out slowly at night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t8:o4:1
# text = They store up the sunlight from the day and let it out slowly at night
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	store	store	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store up** | present | They | the sunlight |  |  | day |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme |
| 2 | **let out** | infinitive | They *not said here* | sunlight |  |  | night | slowly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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