Test 9 · ★ · How plants make their food

Where do the grains of wheat we eat get their starch from?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grains, we · What happens: do, eat, get · To what, where: wheat, starch

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 22 «How plants make their food» of the world 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	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 get	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grains	det
4	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 get	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 wheat	case
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grains	nmod
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 eat	nsubj
8	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wheat	acl:relcl
9	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 starch	nmod:poss
11	starch	starch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	9 get	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	present	the grains of wheat not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	present	we	wheat not said here	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient
3	get	present	the grains of wheat	grains's starch	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer starch=Stimulus

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

From flour the rain carried down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	2 flour	case
2	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rain	det
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 carried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry down	participle	the rain			flour			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from flour=Initial_Location

Option 2

From insects caught by its roots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	2 insects	case
2	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 insects	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 roots	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 roots	nmod:poss
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	participle		insects not said here				by its roots	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

From sugar the plant made in its leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	2 sugar	case
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plant	compound
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 plant	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 leaves	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 leaves	nmod:poss
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		the sugar plant not said here		plant's leaves			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

From starch it took out of the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	2 starch	case
2	starch	starch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 soil	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 soil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soil	det
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take out	past	it	the soil		starch			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent soil=Theme from starch=Initial_Location

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