--- title: "why're plants not dry at the top, how does the water get up there?" — Water: the most amazing liquid · tree and pragmatics description: "why're plants not dry at the top, how does the water get up there?" Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/34-water-amazing-liquid/t8/) [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/) / [Water: the most amazing liquid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/34-water-amazing-liquid/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid "why're plants not dry at the top, how does the water get up there?" **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** plants · **What happens:** be, do, get up · **To what, where:** plants, water This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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/34-water-amazing-liquid/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t8:1 # text = "why're plants not dry at the top, how does the water get up there?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 up up ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | plants | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | the water | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Eventuality | | 3 | **get up** *in a quote* | present | plants | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Water climbs up thin tubes, clinging and pulling ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t8:o1:1 # text = Water climbs up thin tubes, clinging and pulling 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbs climb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tubes tube NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 clinging cling VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | present | Water | thin tubes | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tube=Theme | | 2 | **cling** | gerund | Water *not said here* | | | | | | vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pull** | gerund | Water *not said here* | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Sun pulls water up by gravity ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t8:o2:1 # text = The Sun pulls water up by gravity 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull up** | present | the Sun | water | | | | by gravity | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Roots squirt water up like a hose ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t8:o3:1 # text = Roots squirt water up like a hose 1 Roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 squirt squirt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hose hose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squirt up** | present | Roots | water | | | | like a hose | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The plant drinks rain only through leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t8:o4:1 # text = The plant drinks rain only through leaves 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drinks drink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | present | the plant | rain | | | | | tree rules | **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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