--- title: Why would a mangrove tree die if all its breathing roots were covere… — Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs · tree and pragmatics description: Why would a mangrove tree die if all its breathing roots were covered by thick mud? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs Why would a mangrove tree die if all its breathing roots were covered by thick mud? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mangrove tree, thick mud · **What happens:** die, cover · **To what, where:** breathing roots This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t8:1 # text = Why would a mangrove tree die if all its breathing roots were covered by thick mud? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 mangrove mangrove NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 breathing breathing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | would | a mangrove tree | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **cover** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | thick mud | tree's breathing roots | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination | 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} The salt would wash out of its leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t8:o1:1 # text = The salt would wash out of its leaves 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of 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 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash out** | would | the salt | salt's leaves | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It would get far too much fresh water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t8:o2:1 # text = It would get far too much fresh water 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 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | It | much fresh water | | | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Its buried roots would suffocate without air ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t8:o3:1 # text = Its buried roots would suffocate without air 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 suffocate suffocate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | participle | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **suffocate** | would | Its buried roots | | | | | without air | vn suffocate-40.7 «NP.theme V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fish would eat its roots ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:t8:o4:1 # text = Fish would eat its roots 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | Fish | its roots | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient | **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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