--- title: Determine the correct classification of the tomato in the science of… — Bets, dares and silly reasons · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the correct classification of the tomato in the science of plants. Exam question 3 of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/e3/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Bets, dares and silly reasons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Bets, dares and silly reasons Determine the correct classification of the tomato in the science of plants. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, classify · **To what, where:** correct classification, science, tomato This is exam question 3 of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:e3:1 # text = Determine the correct classification of the tomato in the science of plants. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 classification classification NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tomato tomato NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct classification of the tomato | | the science of plants | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classification=Topic | | 2 | **classify** | | | the tomato | | | | | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} A leaf, being green when unripe ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:e3:o1:1 # text = A leaf, being green when unripe 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 unripe unripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | a leaf | | | | | green *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A root, being grown in soil ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:e3:o2:1 # text = A root, being grown in soil 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | gerund · passive | | a root *not said here* | | soil | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: in soil=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} A vegetable, being served in salads and cooked with other vegetables ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:e3:o3:1 # text = A vegetable, being served in salads and cooked with other vegetables 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vegetable vegetable NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 salads salad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 vegetables vegetable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | gerund · passive | | a vegetable *not said here* | | | | in salads | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: in salad=Attribute | | 2 | **cook** | participle | | | | | | with other vegetables | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient with vegetable=Instrument | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A fruit, being the seed-bearing part of the plant ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:e3:o4:1 # text = A fruit, being the seed-bearing part of the plant 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | gerund | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | a fruit *not said here* | the bearing part | | | | of the plant | 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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