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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the nutrition of plants? Exam question 2 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 was righ
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# Exam question 2 · Parts of a plant and what each does

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the nutrition of plants?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, nutrify · **To what, where:** nutrition, plants

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the nutrition of plants?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	nutrition	nutrition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the nutrition of plants |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **nutrify** |  |  | plants |  |  |  |  | nom nutrition «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 {#o1}

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Plants obtain their food from insects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e2:o1:1
# text = Plants obtain their food from insects
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present | Plants | Plants's food |  |  |  | from insects | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from insect=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Plants obtain their food from rainwater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e2:o2:1
# text = Plants obtain their food from rainwater
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present | Plants | Plants's food |  | rainwater |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from rainwater=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Plants obtain their food entirely from the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e2:o3:1
# text = Plants obtain their food entirely from the soil
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present | Plants | Plants's food |  | the soil |  | entirely *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from soil=Source |

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

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Plants produce their own food within their leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:e2:o4:1
# text = Plants produce their own food within their leaves
1	Plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	produce	produce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | Plants | Plants's own food |  |  |  | within Plants's leaves | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Result |

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