--- title: Why might radishes be good for a child's first garden? — The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, t… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might radishes be good for a child's first garden? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 338 «The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/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 vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs Why might radishes be good for a child's first garden? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** radishes · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 338 «The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs» 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/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t8:1 # text = Why might radishes be good for a child's first garden? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 radishes radish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | might | radishes | | | | | for a child's first garden; good *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} They need no water ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t8:o1:1 # text = They need no water ever 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | They | no water | | | ever | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They grow only in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t8:o2:1 # text = They grow only in winter 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | They | | | | winter | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They grow bigger than pumpkins, so they are easy to find ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t8:o3:1 # text = They grow bigger than pumpkins, so they are easy to find 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 pumpkins pumpkin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | They | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | pumpkins *= pumpkin* | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | pumpkins *= pumpkin* *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They grow fast and can be ready in about four weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t8:o4:1 # text = They grow fast and can be ready in about four weeks 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | They | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | can | They *not said here* | | | | week | ready *property* | tree rules | **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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