Test 7 · ★ · Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world

Why should a sack of potatoes be kept in a dark cupboard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: keep · To what, where: sack, dark cupboard

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» 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	8 kept	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 kept	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sack	det
4	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	nsubj:pass
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 potatoes	case
6	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sack	nmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 kept	aux:pass
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 cupboard	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cupboard	det
11	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cupboard	amod
12	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	should · passive		a sack of potatoes		a dark cupboard			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cupboard=Location

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

Light makes them turn green and produce poison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obj
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turn	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 produce	cc
7	produce	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	conj
8	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produce	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	Light	them = they		tree rules
2	turn	infinitive	them = they not said here		green property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	produce	present	Light not said here	poison		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Result

Option 2

Light melts their skins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	nsubj
2	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 skins	nmod:poss
4	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 melts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	Light	their skins					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient skin=Result

Option 3

The dark makes them grow much bigger in the sack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dark	det
2	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obj
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 makes	xcomp
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 bigger	advmod
7	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 makes	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sack	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sack	det
10	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the dark	them = they				big property	tree rules
2	grow	infinitive	them = they not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Potatoes are afraid of light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 afraid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 light	case
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Potatoes					of light; afraid property	tree rules

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