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title: After a storm, which tree is more likely to stay standing? — Parts of a plant and what each does · tree and pragmatics
description: After a storm, which tree is more likely to stay standing? Test 5 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.
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# Test 5 · Parts of a plant and what each does

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After a storm, which tree is more likely to stay standing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tree · **What happens:** be, stay, stand

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t5:1
# text = After a storm, which tree is more likely to stay standing?
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which tree |  |  |  | after a storm | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | which tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | which tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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One with deep, spreading roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t5:o1:1
# text = One with deep, spreading roots
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One with large, bright flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t5:o2:1
# text = One with large, bright flowers
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One with very many fruits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t5:o3:1
# text = One with very many fruits
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fruits	fruit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One with thin, smooth leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:21-parts-of-a-plant:t5:o4:1
# text = One with thin, smooth leaves
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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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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