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description: In a cartoon a giant plant swallows the hero whole. Can any real plant eat a person? Test 6 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.
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# Test 6 · How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air

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In a cartoon a giant plant swallows the hero whole. Can any real plant eat a person?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giant plant, real plant · **What happens:** swallow, eat · **To what, where:** hero, cartoon, person

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a giant plant swallows the hero whole.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon a giant plant swallows the hero whole.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swallows	swallow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | a giant plant | the hero |  | a cartoon |  | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hero=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Can any real plant eat a person?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t6:2
# text = Can any real plant eat a person?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | can | any real plant | a person |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, because people are poisonous to plants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t6:o1:1
# text = No, because people are poisonous to plants
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | people |  |  |  |  | to plants; poisonous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, the biggest catch insects and, rarely, a frog or mouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t6:o2:1
# text = No, the biggest catch insects and, rarely, a frog or mouse
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, the Venus flytrap when it is fully grown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, the Venus flytrap when it is fully grown
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	flytrap	flytrap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · passive |  | flytrap |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, deep in the jungle there are man-eating trees that grab people

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, deep in the jungle there are man-eating trees that grab people
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
8	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	grab	grab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | eating trees |  |  | the jungle; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **grab** | present | eating trees | people |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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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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