--- title: «my bro says silk comes from a plant like cotton» What is right? — Silkworms and goldfish: two animals Ch… · tree and pragmatics description: «my bro says silk comes from a plant like cotton» What is right? Test 7 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/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/) / [Silkworms and goldfish: two animals Ch…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/) / t7 # Test 7 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed «my bro says silk comes from a plant like cotton» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro, silk, cotton · **What happens:** say, come, be · **To what, where:** plant · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t7:1 # text = «my bro says silk comes from a plant like cotton» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my bro | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | present | silk | | | a plant like cotton | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from plant=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | present | cotton | | | | | right *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, silk is a protein spun by the silkworm ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t7:o1:1 # text = No, silk is a protein spun by the silkworm 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 protein protein NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 spun spin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 silkworm silkworm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | silk | a protein | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spin** | participle | | a protein *not said here* | | | | by the silkworm | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by silkworm=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, from cotton flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t7:o2:1 # text = Yes, from cotton flowers 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it comes from sheep ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t7:o3:1 # text = No, it comes from sheep 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | it | | | | | from sheep | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sheep=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, from the bark of the mulberry tree that silkworms eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t7:o4:1 # text = Yes, from the bark of the mulberry tree that silkworms eat 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bark bark 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 mulberry mulberry NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 11 silkworms silkworm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | silkworms | the mulberry tree | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | **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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