--- title: How does a two-metre DNA molecule fit inside a tiny cell? — Molecules: when atoms join up · tree and pragmatics description: How does a two-metre DNA molecule fit inside a tiny cell? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 3 «Molecules: when atoms join up» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/t5/) [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/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Molecules: when atoms join up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Molecules: when atoms join up How does a two-metre DNA molecule fit inside a tiny cell? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, fit · **To what, where:** metre DNA molecule, tiny cell This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 3 «Molecules: when atoms join up» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t5:1 # text = How does a two-metre DNA molecule fit inside a tiny cell? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 metre metre NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 DNA DNA NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 molecule molecule NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 9 fit fit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 inside inside ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a metre DNA molecule | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent molecule=Eventuality | | 2 | **fit** | present | | | | a tiny cell | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent inside cell=Trajectory | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It is folded in half only twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t5:o1:1 # text = It is folded in half only twice 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 3 obl _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fold** | present · passive | | It | | half | | twice *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is extremely thin and tightly coiled and packed ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t5:o2:1 # text = It is extremely thin and tightly coiled and packed 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 coiled coiled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 packed packed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | extremely, thin *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | tightly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It sticks out of the cell like a long tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t5:o3:1 # text = It sticks out of the cell like a long tail 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sticks stick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick out** | present | It | the cell | | | | like a long tail | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cell=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is cut into pieces and thrown away ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up:t5:o4:1 # text = It is cut into pieces and thrown away 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | present · passive | | It | | pieces | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into piece=Product | | 2 | **throw away** | participle | | | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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