--- title: Identify the principal reason for which fungi are incapable of manuf… — Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which fungi are incapable of manufacturing their own food. Exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things/e1/) [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/) / [Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things Identify the principal reason for which fungi are incapable of manufacturing their own food. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, fungi · **What happens:** identify, be, manufacture · **To what, where:** principal reason, own food This is exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which fungi are incapable of manufacturing their own food. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 7 fungi fungus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 incapable incapable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 manufacturing manufacture VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | fungi | | | | | for the principal reason; incapable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **manufacture** | gerund | fungi *not said here* | fungi's own food | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Result | 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 {#o1} They are composed of a single cell ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things:e1:o1:1 # text = They are composed of a single cell 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | present · passive | | They | | | | of a single cell | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} They possess no roots ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things:e1:o2:1 # text = They possess no roots 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | They | no roots | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot root=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They possess no chlorophyll ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things:e1:o3:1 # text = They possess no chlorophyll 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 chlorophyll chlorophyll NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | They | no chlorophyll | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot chlorophyll=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They grow only in darkness ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things:e1:o4:1 # text = They grow only in darkness 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | They | | | darkness | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Location | **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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