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title: Where do the grains of wheat we eat get their starch from? — How plants make their food · tree and pragmatics
description: Where do the grains of wheat we eat get their starch from? Test 9 · ★ 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.
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# Test 9 · ★ · How plants make their food

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Where do the grains of wheat we eat get their starch from?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grains, we · **What happens:** do, eat, get · **To what, where:** wheat, starch

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t9:1
# text = Where do the grains of wheat we eat get their starch from?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grains	grain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	starch	starch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the grains of wheat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** | present | we | wheat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | present | the grains of wheat | grains's starch |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer starch=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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From flour the rain carried down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t9:o1:1
# text = From flour the rain carried down
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry down** | participle | the rain |  |  | flour |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from flour=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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From insects caught by its roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t9:o2:1
# text = From insects caught by its roots
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | participle |  | insects *not said here* |  |  |  | by its roots | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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From sugar the plant made in its leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t9:o3:1
# text = From sugar the plant made in its leaves
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the sugar plant *not said here* |  | plant's leaves |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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From starch it took out of the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:22-photosynthesis:t9:o4:1
# text = From starch it took out of the soil
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	starch	starch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | past | it | the soil |  | starch |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent soil=Theme from starch=Initial\_Location |

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