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title: What would happen to a flytrap kept in a bog with no insects for a w… — Carnivorous and strange plants · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to a flytrap kept in a bog with no insects for a whole summer? Test 4 · ★ 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 4 · ★ · Carnivorous and strange plants

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What would happen to a flytrap kept in a bog with no insects for a whole summer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, keep · **To what, where:** flytrap, bog

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t4:1
# text = What would happen to a flytrap kept in a bog with no insects for a whole summer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flytrap	flytrap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to a flytrap | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  | a flytrap *not said here* |  | a bog | summer | with no insects | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bog=Location |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It would slowly turn into a sundew so that it could catch flies another way

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t4:o1:1
# text = It would slowly turn into a sundew so that it could catch flies another way
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sundew	sundew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
13	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	way	way	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 | **turn** | would | It |  |  | a sundew |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sundew=Trajectory |
| 2 | **catch** | could | sundew | flies |  |  |  | another way *obl:unmarked* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would starve to death in a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t4:o2:1
# text = It would starve to death in a day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	starve	starve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | would | It |  |  |  | day | to death | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would start eating the soil instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t4:o3:1
# text = It would start eating the soil instead
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | would | It |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund |  | the soil |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It would live on sunlight but grow weaker without the minerals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t4:o4:1
# text = It would live on sunlight but grow weaker without the minerals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	minerals	mineral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | would | It |  |  | sunlight |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sunlight=Location |
| 2 | **grow** | present |  |  |  |  |  | without the minerals; weak *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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