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title: Which is true about wild mushrooms? — Plants that sting, scratch and poison · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about wild mushrooms? Test 3 · ★ 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 3 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

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Which is true about wild mushrooms?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t3:1
# text = Which is true about wild mushrooms?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about wild mushrooms; true *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Even experts can mistake deadly ones for safe ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t3:o1:1
# text = Even experts can mistake deadly ones for safe ones
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	mistake	mistake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mistake** | can | experts | deadly ones |  |  |  | for safe ones | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cooking for long enough makes any wild mushroom safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t3:o2:1
# text = Cooking for long enough makes any wild mushroom safe
1	Cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for enough | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for enough=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **make** | present | Cooking | any wild mushroom |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mushroom=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mushrooms that grow on lawns are always safe to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t3:o3:1
# text = Mushrooms that grow on lawns are always safe to eat
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lawns	lawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Mushrooms |  |  | lawns |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lawn=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mushrooms |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Mushrooms *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mushrooms that smell nice are always safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:237-plants-that-sting-and-poison:t3:o4:1
# text = Mushrooms that smell nice are always safe
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smell	smell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | Mushrooms |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mushrooms |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | 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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