Test 7 · ★ · Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime tree…

How can a plant from another continent become a national symbol?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: plant · What happens: become · To what, where: national symbol

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 377 «Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime trees and steppe grasses» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 become	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 become	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 become	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 continent	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 continent	det
7	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plant	nmod
8	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 symbol	det
10	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 symbol	amod
11	symbol	symbol	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 become	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	can	a plant from another continent	a national symbol					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

It has to be invented in that country by its own scientists

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	5 invented	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 invented	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 invented	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 invented	aux:pass
5	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 country	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 country	det
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invented	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 scientists	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 scientists	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 scientists	amod
12	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	present · passive	country's own scientists	It		that country			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 2

It must be planted by a king

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	4 planted	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 planted	aux:pass
4	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	must · passive	a king	It					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

It changes its colour to match the flag

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 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 colour	nmod:poss
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 match	mark
6	match	match	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 changes	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flag	det
8	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 match	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	It	its colour					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient
2	match	to-infinitive		the flag					vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

People grow and see it every day for hundreds of years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 see	cc
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grow	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl:unmarked
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 hundreds	case
9	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 years	case
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hundreds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	People				day	for hundreds of years	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	present	People not said here	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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