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title: Identify the part of the plant principally responsible for the absor… — Parts of a plant and what each does · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the part of the plant principally responsible for the absorption of water and minerals. Exam question 1 of lesson 21 «Parts of a plant and what each does» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Exam question 1 · Parts of a plant and what each does

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Identify the part of the plant principally responsible for the absorption of water and minerals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, absorb · **To what, where:** part, water

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «Parts of a plant and what each does» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e1:1
# text = Identify the part of the plant principally responsible for the absorption of water and minerals.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	absorption	absorption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	minerals	mineral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the part of the plant |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 2 | **absorb** |  |  | water |  |  |  |  | nom absorption «process transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e1:o1:1
# text = The fruit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e1:o2:1
# text = The leaves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e1:o3:1
# text = The flowers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e1:o4:1
# text = The roots
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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