Test 3 · ★ · Plants that sting, scratch and poison

Which is true about wild mushrooms?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 237 «Plants that sting, scratch and poison» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 mushrooms	case
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mushrooms	amod
6	mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about wild mushrooms; true property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Even experts can mistake deadly ones for safe ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	2 experts	advmod
2	experts	expert	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mistake	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mistake	aux
4	mistake	mistake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ones	amod
6	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mistake	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 ones	case
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ones	amod
9	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mistake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mistake	can	experts	deadly ones				for safe ones	tree rules

Option 2

Cooking for long enough makes any wild mushroom safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cooking	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	csubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 enough	case
3	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 enough	advmod
4	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cooking	obl
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 mushroom	det
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mushroom	amod
8	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	gerund						for enough	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for enough=Beneficiary
2	make	present	Cooking	any wild mushroom				safe property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mushroom=Product

Option 3

Mushrooms that grow on lawns are always safe to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 safe	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Mushrooms	acl:relcl
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 lawns	case
5	lawns	lawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	obl
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 safe	advmod
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Mushrooms	lawns		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lawn=Location
2	is	present	Mushrooms		always, safe property	tree rules
3	eat	to-infinitive	Mushrooms not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Mushrooms that smell nice are always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 safe	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 smell	nsubj
3	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Mushrooms	acl:relcl
4	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smell	xcomp
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 safe	advmod
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Mushrooms					nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	Mushrooms					always, safe property	tree rules

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