--- title: My mate says the sensitive plant has muscles like us. right? — Roots, stems and leaves · tree and pragmatics description: My mate says the sensitive plant has muscles like us. right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 57 «Roots, stems and leaves» 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/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/t11/) [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/) / [Roots, stems and leaves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Roots, stems and leaves My mate says the sensitive plant has muscles like us. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, sensitive plant · **What happens:** say, have · **To what, where:** muscles · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 57 «Roots, stems and leaves» 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/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t11:1 # text = My mate says the sensitive plant has muscles like us. right? 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sensitive sensitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 muscles muscle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 12 right right INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present | the sensitive plant | muscles | | | | like us | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient | 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, plants have no muscles; water moving in cells makes it fold ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t11:o1:1 # text = No, plants have no muscles; water moving in cells makes it fold 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 muscles muscle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 fold fold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | plants | no muscles | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient | | 2 | **move** | gerund | water *not said here* | | | cells | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in cell=Trajectory | | 3 | **make** | present | water | it | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fold** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, tiny green muscles ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, tiny green muscles 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 muscles muscle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, but only in the leaves and the stalks, not the roots ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, but only in the leaves and the stalks, not the roots 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stalks stalk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} No, someone blows on it to make it fold ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t11:o4:1 # text = No, someone blows on it to make it fold 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 nsubj _ _ 4 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 fold fold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present | someone | | | it | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fold** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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