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title: In winter a flytrap kept in a warm, bright room never rests. What is… — Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that… · tree and pragmatics
description: In winter a flytrap kept in a warm, bright room never rests. What is likely? Test 10 of lesson 254 «Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck» 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 w
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# Test 10 · Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck

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In winter a flytrap kept in a warm, bright room never rests. What is likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flytrap · **What happens:** keep, not rest, be · **To what, where:** flytrap, warm bright room

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This is test 10 of lesson 254 «Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck» 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/254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In winter a flytrap kept in a warm, bright room never rests.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:t10:1
# text = In winter a flytrap kept in a warm, bright room never rests.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flytrap	flytrap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | participle |  | a flytrap *not said here* |  | a warm bright room |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |
| 2 | **not** **rest** | present | a flytrap |  |  |  | winter |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 is likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:t10:2
# text = What is likely?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It weakens, because it needs a cold winter rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:t10:o1:1
# text = It weakens, because it needs a cold winter rest
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	weakens	weaken	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weaken** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **need** | present | it | a cold winter rest |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rest=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It grows bigger than ever and flowers all through the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:t10:o2:1
# text = It grows bigger than ever and flowers all through the winter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	winter	winter	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 | It |  |  |  | winter | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It turns into a pitcher plant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:t10:o3:1
# text = It turns into a pitcher plant
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  | a pitcher plant |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into plant=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It starts catching mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:t10:o4:1
# text = It starts catching mice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **catch** | gerund |  | mice |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |

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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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