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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the banana plant? Exam question 2 of lesson 346 «Fruit: how apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries and grapes grow» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 2 · Fruit: how apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries and grap…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the banana plant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** banana plant

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 346 «Fruit: how apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries and grapes grow» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the banana plant?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the banana plant |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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It is a giant herb whose apparent trunk consists of rolled leaf stalks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:e2:o1:1
# text = It is a giant herb whose apparent trunk consists of rolled leaf stalks
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
12	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	stalks	stalk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a giant herb |  |  |  | of rolled leaf stalks | tree rules |
| 2 | **consist** | present | apparent trunk |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **roll** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a shrub that bears its fruit beneath the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:e2:o2:1
# text = It is a shrub that bears its fruit beneath the soil
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shrub	shrub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a shrub |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fruit** |  | that |  |  |  |  | beneath the soil | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a woody tree of the palm family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:e2:o3:1
# text = It is a woody tree of the palm family
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	woody	woody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	family	family	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** | present | It | a woody tree |  |  |  | of the palm family | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a climbing vine supported by tendrils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:346-fruit-how-apples-bananas-oranges-strawberries-and-grapes-grow:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a climbing vine supported by tendrils
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	vine	vine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	supported	support	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	tendrils	tendril	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a climbing vine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **support** | participle |  | a climbing vine *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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