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title: Mia keeps poking her flytrap to watch it snap. Why is that bad for it? — Carnivorous and strange plants · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia keeps poking her flytrap to watch it snap. Why is that bad for it? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 61 «Carnivorous and strange plants» 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 2 · ★ · Carnivorous and strange plants

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Mia keeps poking her flytrap to watch it snap. Why is that bad for it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, flytrap · **What happens:** keep, poke, watch, snap, be · **To what, where:** flytrap

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 61 «Carnivorous and strange plants» 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/61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia keeps poking her flytrap to watch it snap.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t2:1
# text = Mia keeps poking her flytrap to watch it snap.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	flytrap	flytrap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	snap	snap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **poke** | gerund | Mia *not said here* | Mia's flytrap |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flytrap=Theme |
| 3 | **watch** | to-infinitive | Mia *not said here* | flytrap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **snap** | infinitive | flytrap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Why is that bad for it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t2:2
# text = Why is that bad for it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It makes the plant poisonous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t2:o1:1
# text = It makes the plant poisonous
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the plant |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material plant=Product |

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

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Each trap can only close a few times, and closing empty wastes energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t2:o2:1
# text = Each trap can only close a few times, and closing empty wastes energy
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	closing	close	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
12	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	wastes	waste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | can | each trap |  |  |  | time |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **close** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **waste** | present | closing | energy |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It teaches the trap to bite people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t2:o3:1
# text = It teaches the trap to bite people
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | It | the trap |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent trap=Recipient |
| 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It makes the trap grow far too big for the pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t2:o4:1
# text = It makes the trap grow far too big for the pot
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the trap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | the trap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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