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title: my mate says he ate conkers once and was fine so they're safe. true? — Plants that sting, scratch and poison · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says he ate conkers once and was fine so they're safe. true? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» of the everyday 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 18 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

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my mate says he ate conkers once and was fine so they're safe. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, conkers · **What happens:** say, eat, be · **To what, where:** conkers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» of the everyday 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/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t18:1
# text = my mate says he ate conkers once and was fine so they're safe. true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	conkers	conker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | past | mate | conkers |  |  |  | once, true *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conker=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | conkers *= conker* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the shiny ones are fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, the shiny ones are fine
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the shiny ones |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if they're roasted first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t18:o2:1
# text = Yes, if they're roasted first
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	roasted	roast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  | first *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, conkers are poisonous; never eat them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t18:o3:1
# text = No, conkers are poisonous; never eat them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	conkers	conker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | conkers |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | infinitive |  | conkers *= conker* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they're just big nuts like chestnuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, they're just big nuts like chestnuts
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	chestnuts	chestnut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | big nuts |  |  |  | like chestnuts | tree rules |

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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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