--- title: why r leaves green — How plants make their food · tree and pragmatics description: why r leaves green Test 11 · ★ of lesson 22 «How plants make their food» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/22-photosynthesis/t11/) [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/) / [How plants make their food](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/22-photosynthesis/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · How plants make their food why r leaves green **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** r · **What happens:** leave This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 22 «How plants make their food» 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/22-photosynthesis/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t11:1 # text = why r leaves green 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 r r NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present | r | | | | | green *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} The water inside them is green ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t11:o1:1 # text = The water inside them is green 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 inside inside ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water inside them | | | | | green *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are painted by the minerals in soil ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t11:o2:1 # text = They are painted by the minerals in soil 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 minerals mineral NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | present · passive | the minerals | They | | soil | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in soil=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} They soak up green light to grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t11:o3:1 # text = They soak up green light to grow 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **soak up** | present | They | green light | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent light=Source | | 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They have chlorophyll that catches light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t11:o4:1 # text = They have chlorophyll that catches light 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 chlorophyll chlorophyll NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | chlorophyll | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chlorophyll=Patient | | 2 | **catch** | present | chlorophyll | light | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme | **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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