Test 7 · ★ · Roots, stems and leaves

What would happen to a pea plant with nothing to climb?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, climb

This is test 7 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 plant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plant	det
6	pea	pea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plant	compound
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 nothing	case
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 happen	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 climb	mark
11	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 nothing	acl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to a pea plant; with nothing	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	climb	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It would sprawl on the ground and get less light

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	3 sprawl	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sprawl	aux
3	sprawl	sprawl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sprawl	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 get	cc
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sprawl	conj
9	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 light	amod
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprawl	would	It			the ground			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location
2	get	infinitive		less light					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus

Option 2

It would climb its own leaves

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	3 climb	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 climb	aux
3	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 leaves	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leaves	amod
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 climb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	would	It	its own leaves					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location leaf=Theme

Option 3

It would grow a thick woody trunk like a small tree

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	3 grow	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trunk	det
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trunk	amod
6	woody	woody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trunk	amod
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obj
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tree	amod
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would	It	a thick woody trunk				like a small tree	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location trunk=Theme

Option 4

It would grow faster than ever

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	3 grow	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 grow	aux
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 grow	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 ever	case
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would	It					fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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