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title: A beech wood is dark all summer. Why are the bluebells already finis… — Forests: woodland through the year and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A beech wood is dark all summer. Why are the bluebells already finished by then? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · Forests: woodland through the year and the great northern…

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A beech wood is dark all summer. Why are the bluebells already finished by then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** beech wood · **What happens:** be, finish · **To what, where:** bluebells

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A beech wood is dark all summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t4:1
# text = A beech wood is dark all summer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beech	beech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why are the bluebells already finished by then?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t4:2
# text = Why are the bluebells already finished by then?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bluebells	bluebell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | present · passive |  | the bluebells |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Summer is too cold for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t4:o1:1
# text = Summer is too cold for them
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Summer |  |  |  |  | for them *= they*; cold *property* | tree rules |

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

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They flower early while light still reaches the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t4:o2:1
# text = They flower early while light still reaches the ground
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flower	flower	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flower** | present | They |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | present | light | the ground |  |  | still |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They only flower every other year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t4:o3:1
# text = They only flower every other year
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	flower	flower	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flower** | present | They |  |  |  | year |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Squirrels eat all the flowers in June and dig up the bulbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:12-forests-woodland-through-the-year:t4:o4:1
# text = Squirrels eat all the flowers in June and dig up the bulbs
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Squirrels | all flowers |  |  |  | in June | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |
| 2 | **dig up** | present | Squirrels *not said here* | the bulbs |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bulb=Theme |

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