--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — How plants grow: seeds, light, water a… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning cress cultivated in total darkness. Exam question 3 of lesson 56 «How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/e3/) [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/) / [How plants grow: seeds, light, water a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/56-how-plants-grow/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning cress cultivated in total darkness. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, cultivate · **To what, where:** response, cress This is exam question 3 of lesson 56 «How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air» 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/56-how-plants-grow/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning cress cultivated in total darkness. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 cress cress NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 cultivated cultivate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | cress | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cress=Experiencer | | 4 | **cultivate** | participle | | cress *not said here* | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} It becomes elongated, pale and weak ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:e3:o1:1 # text = It becomes elongated, pale and weak 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 elongated elongate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elongate** | present · passive | | It | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It becomes short, dark and vigorous ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:e3:o2:1 # text = It becomes short, dark and vigorous 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 vigorous vigorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | | | | | short *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It acquires a red colouration ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:e3:o3:1 # text = It acquires a red colouration 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 acquires acquire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 colouration colouration NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acquire** | present | It | a red colouration | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset colouration=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It remains wholly unaltered ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:e3:o4:1 # text = It remains wholly unaltered 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wholly wholly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 unaltered unaltered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | It | | | | | unaltered *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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