--- title: Why did no one know about tiny living things in water before the 160… — The microscopic world: cells, the buil… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did no one know about tiny living things in water before the 1600s? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life Why did no one know about tiny living things in water before the 1600s? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one · **What happens:** know This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t8:1 # text = Why did no one know about tiny living things in water before the 1600s? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 1600s 1600 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · do-support | no one | | | | before the 1600s | about tiny living things in water | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about thing=Stimulus | 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} People thought looking at water was rude ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t8:o1:1 # text = People thought looking at water was rude 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 csubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | People | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | at water | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at water=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | looking | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Water was always boiled before ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t8:o2:1 # text = Water was always boiled before 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | past · passive | | Water | | | | always, before *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They did not exist before then ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t8:o3:1 # text = They did not exist before then 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 exist exist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **exist** | past · do-support | They | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before then=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Without microscopes they were too small to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:t8:o4:1 # text = Without microscopes they were too small to see 1 Without without ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 microscopes microscope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | microscopes *= microscope* | microscopes *not said here* | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | microscopes *= microscope* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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