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title: «that fig tree's eating the other tree?? that's well creepy» What is… — The rainforest from the top: emergent… · tree and pragmatics
description: «that fig tree's eating the other tree?? that's well creepy» What is right? Test 11 of lesson 2 «The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy» 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 right
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# Test 11 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy

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«that fig tree's eating the other tree?? that's well creepy» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** fig, eat, be · **To what, where:** tree, other tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 2 «The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy» 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/2-the-rainforest-from-the-top/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t11:1
# text = «that fig tree's eating the other tree?? that's well creepy» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fig	fig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fig** *in a quote* | present | that | tree |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | gerund | that *not said here* | the other tree |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | creepy, well *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The fig grows round its host from the top down, and the host may die inside

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t11:o1:1
# text = The fig grows round its host from the top down, and the host may die inside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fig	fig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the fig |  |  |  |  | round fig's host; from the top | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from top=Patient |
| 2 | **die** | may | the host |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The fig eats wood with its roots like teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t11:o2:1
# text = The fig eats wood with its roots like teeth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fig	fig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | the fig | wood |  |  |  | with fig's roots like teeth | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing happens to the host tree at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t11:o3:1
# text = Nothing happens to the host tree at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | Nothing |  |  | all |  | to the host tree | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The two trees join and become one kind of tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t11:o4:1
# text = The two trees join and become one kind of tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	join	join	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present | the two trees |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | present | the two trees *not said here* | one kind of tree |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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