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title: Mum wants the hard green avocado to ripen faster. What could she do? — Browning apples, rotting and mould · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum wants the hard green avocado to ripen faster. What could she do? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 23 «Browning apples, rotting and mould» of the chemistry 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 3 · ★ · Browning apples, rotting and mould

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Mum wants the hard green avocado to ripen faster. What could she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** want, ripen, do · **To what, where:** hard green avocado

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 23 «Browning apples, rotting and mould» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum wants the hard green avocado to ripen faster.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t3:1
# text = Mum wants the hard green avocado to ripen faster.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	avocado	avocado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ripen	ripen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Mum | the hard green avocado |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot avocado=Theme |
| 2 | **ripen** | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* | the hard green avocado *not said here* |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 could she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t3:2
# text = What could she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | could | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Soak it in salty water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t3:o1:1
# text = Soak it in salty water
1	Soak	soak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | in salty water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination in water=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep it in a dark cupboard alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t3:o2:1
# text = Keep it in a dark cupboard alone
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a dark cupboard |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in cupboard=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Put it in the freezer overnight to soften it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t3:o3:1
# text = Put it in the freezer overnight to soften it
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	soften	soften	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the freezer |  | overnight *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in freezer=Destination |
| 2 | **soften** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | freezer |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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

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Put it in a bag with a ripe banana

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t3:o4:1
# text = Put it in a bag with a ripe banana
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a bag |  | with a ripe banana | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bag=Destination |

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