--- title: What would happen if you turned the cress pot round every day? — How plants grow: seeds, light, water a… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you turned the cress pot round every day? Test 4 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air What would happen if you turned the cress pot round every day? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, turn · **To what, where:** cress pot This is test 4 of lesson 56 «How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air» 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/56-how-plants-grow/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t4:1 # text = What would happen if you turned the cress pot round every day? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 cress cress NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 round round ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | the cress pot | | | day | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pot=Theme | 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 {#o1} It would bend away from the light and lean towards the dark wall instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t4:o1:1 # text = It would bend away from the light and lean towards the dark wall instead 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 lean lean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 towards towards ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 instead instead ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend away** | would | It | | | the light | | away *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from light=Location | | 2 | **lean** | infinitive | | | | | | towards the dark wall; instead *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would get dizzy and die ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t4:o2:1 # text = It would get dizzy and die 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 dizzy dizzy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | It | | | | | dizzy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **die** | present | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would grow in a spiral ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t4:o3:1 # text = It would grow in a spiral 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spiral spiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | It | | | a spiral | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in spiral=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It would grow straighter, as no side stays in the shade ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t4:o4:1 # text = It would grow straighter, as no side stays in the shade 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 straighter straight ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | It | | | | | straight *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | present | no side | | | the shade | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shade=Location | **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; 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