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title: In the 1630s a man paid as much as a house for one tulip bulb. What… — The microscopic world: viruses and vac… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the 1630s a man paid as much as a house for one tulip bulb. What made his tulip special? Test 11 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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 wa
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# Test 11 · The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines

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In the 1630s a man paid as much as a house for one tulip bulb. What made his tulip special?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** pay, make · **To what, where:** much, 1630s, tulip

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This is test 11 of lesson 258 «The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines» 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/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the 1630s a man paid as much as a house for one tulip bulb.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t11:1
# text = In the 1630s a man paid as much as a house for one tulip bulb.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	1630s	1630	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
14	tulip	tulip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bulb	bulb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | a man | much |  | the 1630s |  | as a house; for one tulip bulb | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent much=Asset for bulb=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 made his tulip special?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t11:2
# text = What made his tulip special?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tulip	tulip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | man's tulip |  |  |  | special *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material tulip=Product |

## The options {#options}

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

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Stripy petals caused by a virus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t11:o1:1
# text = Stripy petals caused by a virus
1	Stripy	stripy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle |  | Stripy petals *not said here* |  |  |  | by a virus | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was made of real gold all the way through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t11:o2:1
# text = It was made of real gold all the way through
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	through	through	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of real gold; all way *obl:unmarked* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was the only tulip in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t11:o3:1
# text = It was the only tulip in the world
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tulip	tulip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the only tulip |  | the world |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It could flower all year round, even in snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines:t11:o4:1
# text = It could flower all year round, even in snow
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	flower	flower	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flower** | could | It |  |  |  | year | round *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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