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# Test 11 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all

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In a film, a boy eats a funny mushroom once, feels fine, and says "all wild mushrooms are safe". Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, wild mushrooms, you · **What happens:** eat, feel, say, be, put · **To what, where:** funny mushroom, film, mushroom · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» of the world 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/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a boy eats a funny mushroom once, feels fine, and says "all wild mushrooms are safe".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t11:1
# text = In a film, a boy eats a funny mushroom once, feels fine, and says "all wild mushrooms are safe".
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
20	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
22	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a boy | a funny mushroom |  | a film |  | once *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mushroom=Patient |
| 2 | **feel** | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all wild mushrooms |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t11:2
# text = Put it right.
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	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | mushroom |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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All wild mushrooms are safe to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t11:o1:1
# text = All wild mushrooms are safe to eat
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all wild mushrooms |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | all wild mushrooms *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only red mushrooms are dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t11:o2:1
# text = Only red mushrooms are dangerous
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	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 | red mushrooms |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Some wild mushrooms are deadly; one safe one proves nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t11:o3:1
# text = Some wild mushrooms are deadly; one safe one proves nothing
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some wild mushrooms |  |  |  |  | deadly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **prove** | present | one safe one | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cooking makes every mushroom safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all:t11:o4:1
# text = Cooking makes every mushroom safe
1	Cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Cooking | every mushroom |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mushroom=Product |

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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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