Test 6 · ★ · Roots, stems and leaves

in my cartoon the plant drinks the rain through its leaves when it pours. that how it works?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: plant, my · What happens: drink, pour, work, cartoon · To what, where: rain, cartoon

This is test 6 · ★ 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cartoon	nmod:poss
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drinks	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plant	det
5	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drinks	nsubj
6	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rain	det
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drinks	obj
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 leaves	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 leaves	nmod:poss
11	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drinks	obl
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 pours	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pours	nsubj
14	pours	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 drinks	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 drinks	punct
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 works	mark
17	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	19 works	advmod
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 works	nsubj
19	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 drinks	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 drinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drink	present	the plant	the rain	my cartoon	through plant's leaves	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Patient
2	pour	present	plant				vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	work	present	plant				vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	cartoon		my				nom cartoon «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

No, plants don't need water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 need	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 need	advmod
6	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 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

Yes, roots are just for holding on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 holding	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 holding	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 holding	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 holding	advmod
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 holding	mark
7	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 holding	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	present · progressive	roots						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not really, almost all its water goes in through the roots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 all	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 water	det:predet
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 water	nmod:poss
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 roots	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 roots	det
12	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in	present	its water			the roots			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through root=Initial_Location

Option 4

Yes, leaves are like sponges and soak up every drop that lands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 soak	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sponges	punct
3	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sponges	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sponges	cop
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 sponges	case
6	sponges	sponge	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Yes	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 soak	cc
8	soak	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 soak	compound:prt
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 drop	det
11	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 soak	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 lands	nsubj
13	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 drop	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	leaves		like sponges	tree rules
2	soak up	present		every drop		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent drop=Source
3	land	present	every drop			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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