--- title: Is a carrot a root or a stem, and how could you tell? — Roots, stems and leaves · tree and pragmatics description: Is a carrot a root or a stem, and how could you tell? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Roots, stems and leaves Is a carrot a root or a stem, and how could you tell? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, tell · **To what, where:** carrot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t9:1 # text = Is a carrot a root or a stem, and how could you tell? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 carrot carrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a carrot | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | you | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} A stem: it is orange inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t9:o1:1 # text = A stem: it is orange inside 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl _ _ 7 inside inside ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | stem | a stem *not said here* | | | | inside, orange *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A root: it has no buds or leaves along it and grows down ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t9:o2:1 # text = A root: it has no buds or leaves along it and grows down 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 buds bud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 10 along along ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | root | no buds or leaves | | | | along it | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=Patient | | 2 | **grow down** | present | root *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A leaf: it is fat and stored underground, away from the light ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t9:o3:1 # text = A leaf: it is fat and stored underground, away from the light 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stored store VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 9 underground underground ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 6 conj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a leaf | | | | | fat *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **store** | participle | a leaf *not said here* | | | | | underground *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A fruit: it has seeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:57-roots-stems-and-leaves:t9:o4:1 # text = A fruit: it has seeds 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | fruit | seeds | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=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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