--- title: A gardener cuts off all the leaves of a young plant. What will happe… — Parts of a plant and what each does · tree and pragmatics description: A gardener cuts off all the leaves of a young plant. What will happen to it? Test 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/t2/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Parts of a plant and what each does](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/) / t2 # Test 2 · Parts of a plant and what each does A gardener cuts off all the leaves of a young plant. What will happen to it? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gardener · **What happens:** cut off, happen · **To what, where:** leaves, gardener This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A gardener cuts off all the leaves of a young plant. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t2:1 # text = A gardener cuts off all the leaves of a young plant. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cuts cut VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | present | a gardener | all leaves of a young plant | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector leaf=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* What will happen to it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t2:2 # text = What will happen to it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | future | | | gardener | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, leaves are only decoration ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t2:o1:1 # text = Nothing, leaves are only decoration 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 decoration decoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing leaves | decoration | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It will grow faster without leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t2:o2:1 # text = It will grow faster without leaves 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | future | It | | | | | without leaves; fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It will take its food from the soil ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t2:o3:1 # text = It will take its food from the soil 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 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 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | future | It | its food | | the soil | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent food=Theme from soil=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It cannot make food and will weaken ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t2:o4:1 # text = It cannot make food and will weaken 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 weaken weaken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | can | It | food | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material food=Product | | 2 | **weaken** | future | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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