---
title: A girl finds a big flower with no leaves and no stem growing out of… — Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys,… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl finds a big flower with no leaves and no stem growing out of a vine. What is most likely true? Test 6 of lesson 161 «Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the biggest flower and gliding snakes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/t6/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/) / t6

# Test 6 · Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the biggest flower…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A girl finds a big flower with no leaves and no stem growing out of a vine. What is most likely true?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, stem · **What happens:** find, grow out, be · **To what, where:** big flower, vine

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 6 of lesson 161 «Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the biggest flower and gliding snakes» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/#t6).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A girl finds a big flower with no leaves and no stem growing out of a vine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t6:1
# text = A girl finds a big flower with no leaves and no stem growing out of a vine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	vine	vine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a girl | a big flower |  |  |  | with no leaves and no stem | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Topic |
| 2 | **grow out** | gerund | no stem *not said here* | a vine |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location vine=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What is most likely true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t6:2
# text = What is most likely true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely, true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a fake flower made of plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t6:o1:1
# text = It is a fake flower made of plastic
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fake flower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a fake flower *not said here* |  |  |  | of plastic | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It has fallen off a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t6:o2:1
# text = It has fallen off a tree
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | present · perfect | It | a tree |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient tree=Extent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes all its own food from sunlight in its big red petals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t6:o3:1
# text = It makes all its own food from sunlight in its big red petals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | its own food |  | sunlight |  | in sunlight's big red petals | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset food=Product from sunlight=Material |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a parasite getting its food from the vine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower:t6:o4:1
# text = It is a parasite getting its food from the vine
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	parasite	parasite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vine	vine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a parasite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | a parasite *not said here* | parasite's food |  | the vine |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from vine=Source |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys,…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/t5/)
- next →: [Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys,…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/t7/)
- ↑ back to [Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the biggest flower and gliding snakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/)