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title: A queue at the botanic garden waits hours to sniff a titan arum. Why… — Carnivorous and strange plants · tree and pragmatics
description: A queue at the botanic garden waits hours to sniff a titan arum. Why the rush? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Carnivorous and strange plants

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A queue at the botanic garden waits hours to sniff a titan arum. Why the rush?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** queue · **What happens:** wait, sniff · **To what, where:** titan arum

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A queue at the botanic garden waits hours to sniff a titan arum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t9:1
# text = A queue at the botanic garden waits hours to sniff a titan arum.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	botanic	botanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	sniff	sniff	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	titan	titan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	arum	arum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | a queue at the botanic garden |  |  |  | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sniff** | to-infinitive | a queue at the botanic garden *not said here* | a titan arum |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arum=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 the rush?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t9:2
# text = Why the rush?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is only allowed to be seen once a year by law, on a special open day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t9:o1:1
# text = It is only allowed to be seen once a year by law, on a special open day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | It |  |  | day |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | law |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It smells of roses only on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t9:o2:1
# text = It smells of roses only on Sundays
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | It |  |  |  | sunday | of roses | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of rose=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It opens every morning all year round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t9:o3:1
# text = It opens every morning all year round
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opens	open	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | It |  |  |  | morning; year | round *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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It opens for only a day or two and may not bloom again for years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:61-carnivorous-and-strange-plants:t9:o4:1
# text = It opens for only a day or two and may not bloom again for years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opens	open	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	bloom	bloom	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | It |  |  |  | day |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **bloom** | may |  |  |  |  | again; year |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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