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title: my brother reckons trees breathe in oxygen and give out carbon dioxi… — Trees and forests through the year · tree and pragmatics
description: my brother reckons trees breathe in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide when they make food. right? Test 13 of lesson 76 «Trees and forests through the year» 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 wro
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# Test 13 · Trees and forests through the year

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my brother reckons trees breathe in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide when they make food. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, trees · **What happens:** reckon, breathe, give out, make · **To what, where:** oxygen, carbon dioxide, food

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This is test 13 of lesson 76 «Trees and forests through the year» 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/76-trees-and-forests-through-the-year/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:76-trees-and-forests-through-the-year:t13:1
# text = my brother reckons trees breathe in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide when they make food. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
18	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **breathe** | infinitive | trees |  |  | oxygen |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give out** | present | trees *not said here* | carbon dioxide |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dioxide=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | present | trees *= tree* | food |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, trees make food without any gases at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:76-trees-and-forests-through-the-year:t13:o1:1
# text = No, trees make food without any gases at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	gases	gas	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | trees | food |  | all |  | without any gases | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only at night when it is dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:76-trees-and-forests-through-the-year:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only at night when it is dark
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, trees make food from oxygen in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:76-trees-and-forests-through-the-year:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes, trees make food from oxygen in the air
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, when they make food they take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:76-trees-and-forests-through-the-year:t13:o4:1
# text = No, when they make food they take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | they | food |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product |
| 2 | **take in** | present | they | carbon dioxide |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dioxide=Theme |
| 3 | **give out** | present | they *not said here* | oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme |

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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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