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title: how did Charney even spot the seed, was it a big deal? — Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did Charney even spot the seed, was it a big deal? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 360 «Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a burning ship, a poor boy carves a butter lion, a prisoner finds a seed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 10 · ★ · Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a…

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how did Charney even spot the seed, was it a big deal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Charney, seed · **What happens:** spot, be · **To what, where:** seed, big deal

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 360 «Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a burning ship, a poor boy carves a butter lion, a prisoner finds a seed» of the books 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/books/360-pg18442-part20/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t10:1
# text = how did Charney even spot the seed, was it a big deal?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Charney	Charney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	spot	spot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past · do-support | Charney | the seed |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent seed=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | past | seed | a big deal |  |  |  |  | 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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A small patch of grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t10:o1:1
# text = A small patch of grass
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bit of green sprout pushing up through a crack in the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t10:o2:1
# text = A bit of green sprout pushing up through a crack in the wall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sprout	sprout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | gerund | a bit of green sprout *not said here* |  |  | a crack in the wall |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through crack=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A little mound of earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t10:o3:1
# text = A little mound of earth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A little mound of earth pushed up between two paving stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t10:o4:1
# text = A little mound of earth pushed up between two paving stones
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	paving	paving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | participle |  | earth *not said here* |  | two paving stones |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent between stone=Destination |

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