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title: «my bonsai is a baby tree, special mini sort innit» What is right? — Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my bonsai is a baby tree, special mini sort innit» What is right? Test 3 of lesson 253 «Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees» 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 right.
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# Test 3 · Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees

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«my bonsai is a baby tree, special mini sort innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bonsai, special mini sort innit · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** baby tree

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This is test 3 of lesson 253 «Plants deeper: the oldest, tallest and strangest trees» 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/253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees:t3:1
# text = «my bonsai is a baby tree, special mini sort innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bonsai	bonsai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	mini	mini	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my bonsai | a baby tree and special mini sort innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | special mini sort innit |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is an ordinary tree kept small by cutting, it could grow big in the ground

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees:t3:o1:1
# text = It is an ordinary tree kept small by cutting, it could grow big in the ground
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a ordinary tree |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  | a ordinary tree *not said here* |  |  |  | small *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **grow** | could | tree |  |  | the ground |  | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ground=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, they come from a tiny forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, they come from a tiny forest
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | they |  |  | a tiny forest |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from forest=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, bonsai are a special tiny kind of tree that grows in the wild in Japan

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, bonsai are a special tiny kind of tree that grows in the wild in Japan
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bonsai	bonsai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | bonsai | a special tiny kind |  |  |  | of tree | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a special tiny kind |  |  | the wild |  | in Japan | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, bonsai are plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:253-plants-deeper-the-oldest-tallest-and-strangest-trees:t3:o4:1
# text = No, bonsai are plastic
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bonsai	bonsai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | bonsai |  |  |  |  | plastic *property* | tree rules |

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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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