--- title: What would happen to a Venus flytrap if every raindrop made it snap… — Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a Venus flytrap if every raindrop made it snap shut? Test 4 of lesson 11 «Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs» of the biology 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/biology/11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs/t4/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs/) / t4 # Test 4 · Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs What would happen to a Venus flytrap if every raindrop made it snap shut? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** raindrop, flytrap · **What happens:** happen, make, snap · **To what, where:** flytrap This is test 4 of lesson 11 «Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs» of the biology 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/biology/11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t4:1 # text = What would happen to a Venus flytrap if every raindrop made it snap shut? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Venus Venus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 flytrap flytrap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 raindrop raindrop NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 snap snap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a Venus flytrap | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | every raindrop | flytrap | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **snap** | infinitive | flytrap *not said here* | | | | | shut *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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} It would catch many more insects than before ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t4:o1:1 # text = It would catch many more insects than before 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 before before ADV RB _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | would | It | many more insects | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would waste lots of energy closing on nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t4:o2:1 # text = It would waste lots of energy closing on nothing 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 closing close VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **waste** | would | It | lots of energy | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument lot=Patient | | 2 | **close** | gerund | lots of energy *not said here* | | | nothing | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would grow twice as fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t4:o3:1 # text = It would grow twice as fast 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | It | | | | | fast, twice *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, closing costs it no energy ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t4:o4:1 # text = Nothing, closing costs it no energy 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 closing close VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 costs cost VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **cost** | present | Nothing | it | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme it=Beneficiary energy=Value | **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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