Test 8 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid

"why're plants not dry at the top, how does the water get up there?"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: plants · What happens: be, do, get up · To what, where: plants, water

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» of the chemistry 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 get	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 plants	advmod
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plants	cop
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 get	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 dry	advmod
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plants	amod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 top	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 top	det
9	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dry	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 does	punct
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 does	advmod
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plants	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	obj
15	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	up	up	ADV	_	17 there	advmod
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 get	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 get	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		plants		tree rules
2	do in a quote	present		the water		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Eventuality
3	get up in a quote	present	plants		there	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Water climbs up thin tubes, clinging and pulling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbs	nsubj
2	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 climbs	compound:prt
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tubes	amod
5	tubes	tube	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 climbs	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 clinging	punct
7	clinging	cling	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 climbs	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pulling	cc
9	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 clinging	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	climb up	present	Water	thin tubes	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tube=Theme
2	cling	gerund	Water not said here		vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
3	pull	gerund	Water not said here		vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Sun pulls water up by gravity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sun	det
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	nsubj
3	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 pulls	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 gravity	case
7	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull up	present	the Sun	water				by gravity	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 3

Roots squirt water up like a hose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 squirt	nsubj
2	squirt	squirt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squirt	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 squirt	compound:prt
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 hose	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hose	det
7	hose	hose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squirt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squirt up	present	Roots	water				like a hose	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 4

The plant drinks rain only through leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plant	det
2	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drinks	nsubj
3	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drinks	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 leaves	advmod
6	through	through	ADP	_	7 leaves	case
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drinks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	the plant	rain					tree rules

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