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description: "talk to my tomatoes every day and they're massive, so it works innit" What's the problem with this proof? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests

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"talk to my tomatoes every day and they're massive, so it works innit" What's the problem with this proof?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, tomatoes, it · **What happens:** talk, be, work · **To what, where:** innit, problem

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» of the myths 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/myths/29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:t1:1
# text = "talk to my tomatoes every day and they're massive, so it works innit" What's the problem with this proof?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
16	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
24	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day | to my tomatoes | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to tomato=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | tomatoes *= tomato* |  |  |  |  | massive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** *in a quote* | present | it | innit |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent innit=Material |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the problem |  |  |  | with this proof | 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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There's no untalked-to tray to compare with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:t1:o1:1
# text = There's no untalked-to tray to compare with
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
4	untalked	untalked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no untalked tray |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **compare** | to-infinitive | no untalked tray *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tomatoes can't be grown in pots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:t1:o2:1
# text = Tomatoes can't be grown in pots
1	Tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow** | can · passive |  | Tomatoes |  | pots |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It proves that talking works on every single plant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:t1:o3:1
# text = It proves that talking works on every single plant
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	nsubj	_	_
5	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **work** | present |  |  |  |  |  | on every single plant | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on plant=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tomatoes might be the wrong colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:t1:o4:1
# text = The tomatoes might be the wrong colour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | might | the tomatoes | the wrong colour |  |  |  |  | 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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