--- title: What would happen to many trees if all the fungi in the soil suddenl… — Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, w… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to many trees if all the fungi in the soil suddenly vanished? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, warning smells and giant clones» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones/t4/) [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/) / [Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, w…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, warning smells and gi… What would happen to many trees if all the fungi in the soil suddenly vanished? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fungi · **What happens:** happen, vanish This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Plants deeper: do trees talk? Fungi, warning smells and giant clones» 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/252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones:t4:1 # text = What would happen to many trees if all the fungi in the soil suddenly vanished? 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 _ 6 case _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fungi fungus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to many trees | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **vanish** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | all fungi in the soil | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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} They would struggle to get enough water and minerals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones:t4:o1:1 # text = They would struggle to get enough water and minerals 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 struggle struggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 minerals mineral NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **struggle** | would | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | enough water and minerals | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing at all would change for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones:t4:o2:1 # text = Nothing at all would change for them 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | for them *= they* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would start to eat insects instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones:t4:o3:1 # text = They would start to eat insects instead 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 instead instead ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | They | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | insects | | | | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They would grow twice as fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones:t4:o4:1 # text = They would grow twice as fast 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | They | | | | | fast, twice *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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