Test 3 · ★ · Roots, stems and leaves

Why should you be gentle with the roots when moving a plant to a new pot?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, move · To what, where: plant, new pot

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 57 «Roots, stems and leaves» 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 gentle	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 gentle	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 gentle	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 gentle	cop
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 roots	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roots	det
8	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gentle	obl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 moving	advmod
10	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 gentle	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 plant	det
12	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moving	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 pot	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pot	det
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pot	amod
16	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moving	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 gentle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	should	you					with the roots; gentle property	tree rules
2	move	gerund		a plant		a new pot			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent plant=Theme to pot=Trajectory

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

Breaking the tiny root hairs stops it soaking up water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stops	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hairs	det
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hairs	amod
4	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hairs	compound
5	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Breaking	obj
6	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stops	obj
8	soaking	soak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stops	xcomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 soaking	compound:prt
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 soaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	break	gerund		the tiny root hairs	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hair=Patient
2	stop	present	Breaking	it	tree rules
3	soak up	gerund	Breaking not said here	water	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source

Option 2

Roots explode when touched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 explode	nsubj
2	explode	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 touched	advmod
4	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 explode	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	present	Roots						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	touch	participle	Roots not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The soil will fall off and the leaves will dry up in a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soil	det
2	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fall	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fall	aux
4	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 fall	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dry	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 leaves	det
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dry	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 dry	aux
10	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fall	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 dry	compound:prt
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 day	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	future	the soil						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	dry up	future	the leaves				day		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Roots feel pain like fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feel	nsubj
2	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feel	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 fingers	case
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	Roots	pain				like fingers	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme

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