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title: A gardener counts 0 worms in one field and 300 in another. Which fie… — Worms, snails and slugs · tree and pragmatics
description: A gardener counts 0 worms in one field and 300 in another. Which field probably has the richest soil? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 217 «Worms, snails and slugs» 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Worms, snails and slugs

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A gardener counts 0 worms in one field and 300 in another. Which field probably has the richest soil?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gardener, field · **What happens:** count, have · **To what, where:** 0 worms, one field, richest soil

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 217 «Worms, snails and slugs» 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/217-worms-snails-and-slugs/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A gardener counts 0 worms in one field and 300 in another.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t6:1
# text = A gardener counts 0 worms in one field and 300 in another.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | a gardener | 0 worms |  | one field |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which field probably has the richest soil?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t6:2
# text = Which field probably has the richest soil?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | which field | the richest soil |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The one with 300 worms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t6:o1:1
# text = The one with 300 worms
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Worms make no difference to soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t6:o2:1
# text = Worms make no difference to soil
1	Worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	TO	_	6	case	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Worms | no difference |  |  |  | to soil | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difference=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both are the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t6:o3:1
# text = Both are the same
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The one with no worms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:217-worms-snails-and-slugs:t6:o4:1
# text = The one with no worms
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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