--- title: Why should you be gentle with the roots when moving a plant to a new… — Roots, stems and leaves · tree and pragmatics description: Why should you be gentle with the roots when moving a plant to a new pot? Test 3 · ★ 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Roots, stems and leaves Why should you be gentle with the roots when moving a plant to a new pot? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, move · **To what, where:** plant, new pot This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t3:1 # text = Why should you be gentle with the roots when moving a plant to a new pot? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | should | you | | | | | with the roots; gentle *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | gerund | | a plant | | a new pot | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent plant=Theme to pot=Trajectory | 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} Breaking the tiny root hairs stops it soaking up water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t3:o1:1 # text = Breaking the tiny root hairs stops it soaking up water 1 Breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 6 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 soaking soak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | gerund | | the tiny root hairs | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hair=Patient | | 2 | **stop** | present | Breaking | it | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **soak up** | gerund | Breaking *not said here* | water | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Roots explode when touched ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t3:o2:1 # text = Roots explode when touched 1 Roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 explode explode VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | present | Roots | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **touch** | participle | Roots *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The soil will fall off and the leaves will dry up in a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t3:o3:1 # text = The soil will fall off and the leaves will dry up in a day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | future | the soil | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **dry up** | future | the leaves | | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Roots feel pain like fingers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t3:o4:1 # text = Roots feel pain like fingers 1 Roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | Roots | pain | | | | like fingers | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=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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