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title: why do plants have roots anyway — Parts of a plant and what each does · tree and pragmatics
description: why do plants have roots anyway Test 10 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · Parts of a plant and what each does

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why do plants have roots anyway

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** plants · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** roots

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This is test 10 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t10:1
# text = why do plants have roots anyway
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | plants | roots |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=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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To breathe in all the air it needs from under the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t10:o1:1
# text = To breathe in all the air it needs from under the ground
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | all air |  | from the ground | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **need** | present | air | all air *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot air=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To make the seeds of the plant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t10:o2:1
# text = To make the seeds of the plant
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the seeds of the plant |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset seed=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To make food from the sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t10:o3:1
# text = To make food from the sunlight
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | food |  | the sunlight |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset food=Product from sunlight=Material |

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

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To hold the plant in the ground and take in water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t10:o4:1
# text = To hold the plant in the ground and take in water
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | the plant |  | the ground |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent plant=Theme in ground=Location |
| 2 | **take in** | present |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

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