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title: Count them: a lunchbox has 2 carrots, 3 celery sticks and 4 lettuce… — Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, f… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a lunchbox has 2 carrots, 3 celery sticks and 4 lettuce leaves. How many roots, stems and leaves? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 288 «Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and s…

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Count them: a lunchbox has 2 carrots, 3 celery sticks and 4 lettuce leaves. How many roots, stems and leaves?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lunchbox · **What happens:** count, have · **To what, where:** them, 2 carrots

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 288 «Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds» 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/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a lunchbox has 2 carrots, 3 celery sticks and 4 lettuce leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t4:1
# text = Count them: a lunchbox has 2 carrots, 3 celery sticks and 4 lettuce leaves.
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lunchbox	lunchbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	celery	celery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
15	lettuce	lettuce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | a lunchbox | 2 carrots and 3 celery sticks and 4 lettuce leaves |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carrot=Patient |

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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:* How many roots, stems and leaves?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t4:2
# text = How many roots, stems and leaves?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	stems	stem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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2 roots, 4 stems and 3 leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t4:o1:1
# text = 2 roots, 4 stems and 3 leaves
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stems	stem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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9 leaves and no roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t4:o2:1
# text = 9 leaves and no roots
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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2 roots, 3 stems and 4 leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t4:o3:1
# text = 2 roots, 3 stems and 4 leaves
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stems	stem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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5 roots, 0 stems and 4 leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:t4:o4:1
# text = 5 roots, 0 stems and 4 leaves
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	stems	stem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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