Test 11 · Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck

Why is a bladderwort trap like a vacuum cleaner?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: bladderwort trap

This is test 11 of lesson 254 «Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 trap	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trap	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trap	det
4	bladderwort	bladderwort	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trap	compound
5	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 cleaner	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cleaner	det
8	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cleaner	compound
9	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trap	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 trap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a bladderwort trap				like a vacuum cleaner	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

It blows insects away from the plant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blows	nsubj
2	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blows	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 blows	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 plant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plant	det
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	It	insects				away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent insect=Patient

Option 2

It makes a loud noise under the water to scare the prey towards it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 noise	det
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 noise	amod
5	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 scare	mark
10	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prey	det
12	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scare	obj
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 scare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	a loud noise		the water			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material noise=Product
2	scare	to-infinitive		the prey				towards prey	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prey=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It lowers the pressure inside, then sucks prey in when the door opens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lowers	nsubj
2	lowers	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pressure	det
4	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lowers	obj
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	2 lowers	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sucks	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 sucks	advmod
8	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lowers	conj
9	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sucks	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	8 sucks	compound:prt
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 opens	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 opens	nsubj
14	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sucks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	lower	present	It	the pressure		inside property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pressure=Theme
2	suck in	present		prey	then		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent prey=Source
3	open	present	the door				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It runs on electricity from the pond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 electricity	case
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pond	det
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	It			electricity		from the pond	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on electricity=Trajectory

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