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title: Teacher: "Botanically, it's a fruit. In the kitchen people treat it… — Bets, dares and silly reasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Teacher: "Botanically, it's a fruit. In the kitchen people treat it as a vegetable." Then is ketchup a smoothie? Test 10 · ★★ 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
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Bets, dares and silly reasons

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Teacher: "Botanically, it's a fruit. In the kitchen people treat it as a vegetable." Then is ketchup a smoothie?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, people · **What happens:** be, treat · **To what, where:** fruit, kitchen, ketchup smoothie

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» 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/169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher: "Botanically, it's a fruit.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t10:1
# text = Teacher: "Botanically, it's a fruit.
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Botanically	botanically	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a fruit |  |  |  | botanically *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:* In the kitchen people treat it as a vegetable."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t10:2
# text = In the kitchen people treat it as a vegetable."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	treat	treat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | present | people | kitchen |  | the kitchen |  | as a vegetable | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as vegetable=Attribute |

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*Sentence 3:* Then is ketchup a smoothie?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t10:3
# text = Then is ketchup a smoothie?
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	ketchup	ketchup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smoothie	smoothie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a ketchup smoothie |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only when it's cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only when it's cold
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	cold	cold	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 | it |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, ketchup is still a sauce, whatever the tomato is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t10:o2:1
# text = No, ketchup is still a sauce, whatever the tomato is
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ketchup	ketchup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tomato	tomato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ketchup | a sauce |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the tomato | whatever |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, because tomatoes are fruit, so anything made from them is a smoothie

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, because tomatoes are fruit, so anything made from them is a smoothie
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
4	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
9	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	smoothie	smoothie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | tomatoes |  |  |  |  | because fruit and a smoothie | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | from tomatoes *= tomato* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from they=Material |
| 3 | **is a** | present | anything | a smoothie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, because tomatoes are vegetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:169-bets-dares-and-silly-reasons:t10:o4:1
# text = No, because tomatoes are vegetables
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | tomatoes | vegetables |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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