--- title: Which blackberries would be the best choice to pick? — Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, bl… · tree and pragmatics description: Which blackberries would be the best choice to pick? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 326 «Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, bl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, f… Which blackberries would be the best choice to pick? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** blackberry, be, pick · **To what, where:** best choice This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 326 «Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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/326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants:t5:1 # text = Which blackberries would be the best choice to pick? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 blackberries blackberry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blackberry** | present | | | | | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | would | | the best choice | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pick** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Ones on any bush, eaten straight away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants:t5:o1:1 # text = Ones on any bush, eaten straight away 1 Ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 7 straight straight ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | participle | | Ones on any bush *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ones high on a hedge in a park, checked by Dad and washed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants:t5:o2:1 # text = Ones high on a hedge in a park, checked by Dad and washed 1 Ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl:agent _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | participle | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wash** | participle | | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ones at the bottom of a hedge by a busy road ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants:t5:o3:1 # text = Ones at the bottom of a hedge by a busy road 1 Ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ones that look a bit like blackberries but are smaller ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:326-rainbows-beach-quakes-lambs-berries-cacti-and-ants:t5:o4:1 # text = Ones that look a bit like blackberries but are smaller 1 Ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 blackberries blackberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | Ones | a bit | | | | like blackberries | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bit=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | present | Ones *not said here* | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | **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. 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