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title: «we cut down the forest and the rain'll still come, it's the tropics… — The rainforest from the top: emergent… · tree and pragmatics
description: «we cut down the forest and the rain'll still come, it's the tropics innit» What is the clever answer? Test 8 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 optio
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# Test 8 · The rainforest from the top: emergent layer and canopy

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«we cut down the forest and the rain'll still come, it's the tropics innit» What is the clever answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, rain · **What happens:** cut down, come, be · **To what, where:** forest, tropics innit, clever answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t8:1
# text = «we cut down the forest and the rain'll still come, it's the tropics innit» What is the clever answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	tropics	tropic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	compound	_	_
18	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut down** *in a quote* | past | we | the forest |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset forest=Beneficiary what=Product |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | future | the rain |  |  |  | still |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | rain | the tropics innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the clever answer |  |  |  |  | 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 trees make much of the rain, so cutting them can make it drier

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t8:o1:1
# text = The trees make much of the rain, so cutting them can make it drier
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	drier	dry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the trees | much of the rain |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset much=Product |
| 2 | **cut** | gerund |  | trees *= tree* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 3 | **make** | can | cutting | rain |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, rain never changes in the tropics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, rain never changes in the tropics
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tropics	tropic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | rain |  |  | the tropics |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rain comes only from the sea, so the trees do not matter at all for it

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t8:o3:1
# text = Rain comes only from the sea, so the trees do not matter at all for it
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Rain |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | the trees |  |  | all |  | for Rain | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cutting trees makes it rain more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:2-the-rainforest-from-the-top:t8:o4:1
# text = Cutting trees makes it rain more
1	Cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	makes	make	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	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | trees |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product |
| 2 | **make** | present | Cutting | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary rain=Product |

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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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