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title: A carnation stands in water coloured with blue ink, and next day its… — Parts of a plant and what each does · tree and pragmatics
description: A carnation stands in water coloured with blue ink, and next day its petals are blue. What does this show? Test 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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# Test 1 · Parts of a plant and what each does

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A carnation stands in water coloured with blue ink, and next day its petals are blue. What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** carnation, next day, this · **What happens:** stand, colour, be, show · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 1 of lesson 21 «Parts of a plant and what each does» of the world 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/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A carnation stands in water coloured with blue ink, and next day its petals are blue.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t1:1
# text = A carnation stands in water coloured with blue ink, and next day its petals are blue.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carnation	carnation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	coloured	colour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | a carnation |  |  | water |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
| 2 | **colour** | participle |  | water *not said here* |  |  |  | with blue ink | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | next day |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t1:2
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Flowers soak up the colour of the sky from the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t1:o1:1
# text = Flowers soak up the colour of the sky from the air
1	Flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	soak	soak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | present | Flowers | the colour of the sky |  | the air |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent colour=Theme from air=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The stem carries water up to the flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t1:o2:1
# text = The stem carries water up to the flower
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carries	carry	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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry up** | present | the stem | water |  | the flower |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme to flower=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Roots turn water into food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t1:o3:1
# text = Roots turn water into food
1	Roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Roots | water |  | food |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme into food=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Petals make their own blue paint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t1:o4:1
# text = Petals make their own blue paint
1	Petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	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	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Petals | Petals's own blue paint |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset paint=Product |

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