Test 9 · ★ · Roots, stems and leaves

Is a carrot a root or a stem, and how could you tell?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, tell · To what, where: carrot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carrot	cop
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 carrot	det
3	carrot	carrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 root	det
5	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carrot	appos
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 stem	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stem	det
8	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 root	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tell	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tell	cc
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 tell	advmod
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 tell	aux
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 tell	nsubj
14	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 carrot	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 carrot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a carrot					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	could	you						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

A stem: it is orange inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stem	det
2	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 orange	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 orange	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 orange	cop
6	orange	orange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stem	acl
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	6 orange	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	stem	a stem not said here				inside, orange property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A root: it has no buds or leaves along it and grows down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 root	det
2	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 root	acl:relcl
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 buds	det
7	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 leaves	cc
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buds	conj
10	along	along	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 buds	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 grows	cc
13	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 has	conj
14	down	down	ADP	_	13 grows	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	root	no buds or leaves				along it	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=Patient
2	grow down	present	root not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A leaf: it is fat and stored underground, away from the light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 leaf	det
2	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fat	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 fat	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fat	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fat	cop
6	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stored	cc
8	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fat	conj
9	underground	underground	ADV	_	8 stored	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 away	punct
11	away	away	ADV	_	6 fat	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 light	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 light	det
14	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a leaf					fat property	tree rules
2	store	participle	a leaf not said here					underground property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A fruit: it has seeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fruit	det
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fruit	acl:relcl
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	fruit	seeds					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

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