--- title: How can two metres of DNA fit in a tiny cell? — The microscopic world: cells, the buil… · tree and pragmatics description: How can two metres of DNA fit in a tiny cell? Test 7 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/t7/) [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/) / [The microscopic world: cells, the buil…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/) / t7 # Test 7 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life How can two metres of DNA fit in a tiny cell? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two metres · **What happens:** fit · **To what, where:** tiny cell This is test 7 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» 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/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t7:1 # text = How can two metres of DNA fit in a tiny cell? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 DNA DNA NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 fit fit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | can | two metres of DNA | | | a tiny cell | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in cell=Trajectory | 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} It is only two metres in giants ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t7:o1:1 # text = It is only two metres in giants 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 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | two metres | | | | in giants | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It sticks out of the cell like a very long, thin tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t7:o2:1 # text = It sticks out of the cell like a very long, thin tail 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sticks stick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick out** | present | It | the cell | | | | like a long thin tail | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cell=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is extremely thin and tightly packed and coiled ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t7:o3:1 # text = It is extremely thin and tightly packed and coiled 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 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 packed packed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 coiled coiled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | extremely, thin *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | tightly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is folded once in half ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t7:o4:1 # text = It is folded once in half 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fold** | present · passive | | It | | half | | once *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | **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. 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