--- title: Why should a sack of potatoes be kept in a dark cupboard? — Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants t… · tree and pragmatics description: Why should a sack of potatoes be kept in a dark cupboard? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» 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/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/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/) / [Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world Why should a sack of potatoes be kept in a dark cupboard? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** sack, dark cupboard This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» 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/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t7:1 # text = Why should a sack of potatoes be kept in a dark cupboard? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | should · passive | | a sack of potatoes | | a dark cupboard | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cupboard=Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Light makes them turn green and produce poison ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t7:o1:1 # text = Light makes them turn green and produce poison 1 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 produce produce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Light | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | green *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **produce** | present | Light *not said here* | poison | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} Light melts their skins ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t7:o2:1 # text = Light melts their skins 1 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | Light | their skins | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient skin=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dark makes them grow much bigger in the sack ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t7:o3:1 # text = The dark makes them grow much bigger in the sack 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the dark | them *= they* | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Potatoes are afraid of light ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t7:o4:1 # text = Potatoes are afraid of light 1 Potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Potatoes | | | | | of light; afraid *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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