--- title: What would happen to a sequoia's seeds if there were never any fores… — Record-breakers: the biggest and the s… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a sequoia's seeds if there were never any forest fires? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» 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/186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest/t11/) [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/) / [Record-breakers: the biggest and the s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest What would happen to a sequoia's seeds if there were never any forest fires? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** forest fires · **What happens:** happen, be This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» 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/186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t11:1 # text = What would happen to a sequoia's seeds if there were never any forest fires? 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 _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sequoia sequoia NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 13 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a sequoia's seeds | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | any forest fires | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Many cones would stay closed and fewer seeds would be released ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t11:o1:1 # text = Many cones would stay closed and fewer seeds would be released 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 cones cone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | Many cones | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **close** | participle | Many cones *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **release** | would · passive | | fewer seeds | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, cones never open ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t11:o2:1 # text = Nothing, cones never open 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cones cone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 open open VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **open** | present | Nothing cones | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The tree would grow twice as fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t11:o3:1 # text = The tree would grow twice as fast 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | the tree | | | | | fast, twice *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The cones would open in snow instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:t11:o4:1 # text = The cones would open in snow instead 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cones cone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | would | the cones | | | snow | | instead *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=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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