Test 9 · Plants deeper: roots and how they drink, hold and push

«my mate says roots just hold the plant up, the leaves drink the water» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, roots, leaves · What happens: say, hold up, drink, be · To what, where: plant, water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 250 «Plants deeper: roots and how they drink, hold and push» of the biology 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hold	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 hold	advmod
7	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plant	det
9	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hold	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	7 hold	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 drink	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 leaves	det
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 drink	nsubj
14	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drink	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 drink	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 right	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 right	cop
20	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 drink	advcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hold up in a quote	present	roots	the plant		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plant=Theme
3	drink in a quote	present	the leaves	the water		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
4	is	present			right 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

Plants do not need water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 need	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 need	advmod
4	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	Plants	water					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Roots take in water and minerals as well as holding the plant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 take	nsubj
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	2 take	compound:prt
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 minerals	cc
6	minerals	mineral	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 water	conj
7	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	2 take	advmod
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 as	fixed
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 holding	mark
10	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 take	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plant	det
12	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in	present	Roots	water and minerals					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	hold	gerund	Roots not said here	the plant					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme

Option 3

Roots only store food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 store	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 store	advmod
3	store	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 store	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	Roots	food					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

Yes, the leaves drink all of the water the plant needs from the rain

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 drink	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 drink	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 leaves	det
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drink	nsubj
5	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 needs	advcl
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 drink	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 all	nmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plant	det
11	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needs	nsubj
12	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 rain	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rain	det
15	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	the leaves	all					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient
2	need	present	the plant			the rain			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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