--- title: Why does a potato in a dark cupboard grow long pale shoots? — How plants grow: seeds, light, water a… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a potato in a dark cupboard grow long pale shoots? Test 8 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 right. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · How plants grow: seeds, light, water and air Why does a potato in a dark cupboard grow long pale shoots? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, grow · **To what, where:** potato, dark cupboard, long pale shoots This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t8:1 # text = Why does a potato in a dark cupboard grow long pale shoots? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 potato potato NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 shoots shoot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a potato | | a dark cupboard | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** | present | | long pale shoots | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shoot=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 {#o1} Potatoes always grow pale ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t8:o1:1 # text = Potatoes always grow pale 1 Potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | Potatoes | | | | | always, pale *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is trying to reach the other potatoes in the bag to share their water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t8:o2:1 # text = It is trying to reach the other potatoes in the bag to share their water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | It | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **reach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the other potatoes | | the bag | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent potato=Theme | | 3 | **share** | to-infinitive | | potatoes's water | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The shoots stretch to look for light and cannot turn green ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t8:o3:1 # text = The shoots stretch to look for light and cannot turn green 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shoots shoot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stretch stretch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch** | present | the shoots | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | the shoots *not said here* | | | | | for light | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for light=Theme | | 3 | **not** **turn** | can | the shoots *not said here* | | | | | green *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The cupboard is too cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:56-how-plants-grow:t8:o4:1 # text = The cupboard is too cold 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the cupboard | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | **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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