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title: A gardener keeps a plant with white and green leaves next to an all-… — Plants deeper: leaves and sunlight, ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: A gardener keeps a plant with white and green leaves next to an all-green one in the same pot size and light. What will most likely happen? Test 8 of lesson 251 «Plants deeper: leaves and sunlight, how a tree is made of air» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 8 · Plants deeper: leaves and sunlight, how a tree is made of…

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A gardener keeps a plant with white and green leaves next to an all-green one in the same pot size and light. What will most likely happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gardener · **What happens:** keep, happen · **To what, where:** plant

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This is test 8 of lesson 251 «Plants deeper: leaves and sunlight, how a tree is made of air» 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/251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A gardener keeps a plant with white and green leaves next to an all-green one in the same pot size and light.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air:t8:1
# text = A gardener keeps a plant with white and green leaves next to an all-green one in the same pot size and light.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	next	next	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a gardener | a plant |  |  |  | with white leaves | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What will most likely happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air:t8:2
# text = What will most likely happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | future |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The white and green one grows faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air:t8:o1:1
# text = The white and green one grows faster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the white one |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They grow at exactly the same speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air:t8:o2:1
# text = They grow at exactly the same speed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | They |  |  | the same speed |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The white parts turn green by next week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air:t8:o3:1
# text = The white parts turn green by next week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the white parts |  |  |  | week | green *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The all-green one grows faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air:t8:o4:1
# text = The all-green one grows faster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the green one |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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