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title: «that tree's wrecked the pavement, how?? it's just wood» What is rig… — Plants deeper: roots and how they drin… · tree and pragmatics
description: «that tree's wrecked the pavement, how?? it's just wood» What is right? Test 7 of lesson 250 «Plants deeper: roots and how they drink, hold and push» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · Plants deeper: roots and how they drink, hold and push

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«that tree's wrecked the pavement, how?? it's just wood» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pavement, wood · **What happens:** wreck, be · **To what, where:** pavement, wood

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This is test 7 of lesson 250 «Plants deeper: roots and how they drink, hold and push» 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/250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push:t7:1
# text = «that tree's wrecked the pavement, how?? it's just wood» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** *in a quote* | participle |  | the pavement |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pavement=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | pavement | wood |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | wood |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Rain soaking in under the stones lifted them up from below, a little each year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push:t7:o1:1
# text = Rain soaking in under the stones lifted them up from below, a little each year
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	soaking	soak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	below	below	ADV	RB	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | gerund | Rain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the stones | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in stone=Theme |
| 2 | **lift up** | past | Rain | stones *= stone* |  |  | year |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme from below=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Someone dug up the stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push:t7:o2:1
# text = Someone dug up the stones
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | past | Someone | the stones |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its roots grew cell by cell and pushed slowly but very strongly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push:t7:o3:1
# text = Its roots grew cell by cell and pushed slowly but very strongly
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Its roots | cell by cell |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **push** | past | Its roots *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly, strongly *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tree fell over on it in a storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push:t7:o4:1
# text = The tree fell over on it in a storm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall over** | past | the tree |  |  | it |  | in a storm; over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on it=Location |

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**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.

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