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title: Why would beard lichen disappear from a forest near a new smoky fact… — Forests: woodland through the year and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would beard lichen disappear from a forest near a new smoky factory? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 12 «Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern forest» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 10 · ★ · Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern…

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Why would beard lichen disappear from a forest near a new smoky factory?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lichen · **What happens:** beard, disappear · **To what, where:** lichen, forest

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 12 «Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern forest» 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/12-forests-woodland-through-the-year/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t10:1
# text = Why would beard lichen disappear from a forest near a new smoky factory?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	beard	beard	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lichen	lichen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	disappear	disappear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	smoky	smoky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beard** | would |  | lichen |  | a forest |  | near a new smoky factory | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lichen=Source |
| 2 | **disappear** | present | lichen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The noise scares it away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t10:o1:1
# text = The noise scares it away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scares	scare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare away** | present | the noise | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It takes water and food straight from the air, so dirty air kills it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t10:o2:1
# text = It takes water and food straight from the air, so dirty air kills it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It | water and food |  | the air |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from air=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **kill** | present | dirty air | food |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Factories cut down all the lichen for paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t10:o3:1
# text = Factories cut down all the lichen for paper
1	Factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lichen	lichen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut down** | participle | Factories *not said here* | all lichen |  |  |  | for paper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for paper=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lichen only grows in the dark, and the factory lights shine on it all night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t10:o4:1
# text = Lichen only grows in the dark, and the factory lights shine on it all night long
1	Lichen	lichen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	shine	shine	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lichen** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present |  |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |
| 3 | **shine** | present | the factory lights |  |  | dark | night | long *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |

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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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