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title: In a cartoon a giant jungle plant swallows the explorer whole. Put i… — Carnivorous and strange plants · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a giant jungle plant swallows the explorer whole. Put it right. Test 3 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Carnivorous and strange plants

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In a cartoon a giant jungle plant swallows the explorer whole. Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giant jungle plant, you · **What happens:** swallow, put · **To what, where:** explorer, cartoon

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a giant jungle plant swallows the explorer whole.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon a giant jungle plant swallows the explorer whole.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	swallows	swallow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	explorer	explorer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | a giant jungle plant | the explorer |  | a cartoon |  | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explorer=Patient |

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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:* Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t3:2
# text = Put it right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | explorer |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No plant can eat a person; the biggest catch insects and rarely more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t3:o1:1
# text = No plant can eat a person; the biggest catch insects and rarely more
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
10	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
13	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | can | no plant | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the corpse flower can do that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t3:o2:1
# text = Only the corpse flower can do that
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | the corpse flower | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real ones swallow only children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t3:o3:1
# text = Real ones swallow only children
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | Real ones | children |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That is true of the plants in the Amazon, they eat a few explorers a year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t3:o4:1
# text = That is true of the plants in the Amazon, they eat a few explorers a year
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	explorers	explorer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | of the plants in the Amazon; true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | plants *= plant* | a few explorers |  |  | year |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explorer=Patient |

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