--- title: «dad says tidy lawn = good garden, mow everything» What would help n… — What a child can do for nature · tree and pragmatics description: «dad says tidy lawn = good garden, mow everything» What would help nature more? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/t1/) [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/) / [What a child can do for nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · What a child can do for nature «dad says tidy lawn = good garden, mow everything» What would help nature more? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** say, mow, help · **To what, where:** tidy lawn, everything, nature · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t1:1 # text = «dad says tidy lawn = good garden, mow everything» What would help nature more? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 tidy tidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 = = PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 mow mow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 16 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | dad | tidy lawn and good garden | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mow** *in a quote* | infinitive | | everything | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | | 3 | **help** | would | | nature | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Beneficiary | 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} Leaving one corner long and wild with a log pile ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t1:o1:1 # text = Leaving one corner long and wild with a log pile 1 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | | one corner | | | | with a log pile | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=Recipient with pile=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Covering the grass with stones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t1:o2:1 # text = Covering the grass with stones 1 Covering cover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | gerund | | the grass | | | | with stones | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent grass=Destination with stone=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Spraying the whole lawn against all insects, good and bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t1:o3:1 # text = Spraying the whole lawn against all insects, good and bad 1 Spraying spray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spray** | gerund | | the whole lawn | | | | against all insects | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lawn=Theme against insect=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mowing twice as often ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t1:o4:1 # text = Mowing twice as often 1 Mowing mow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 often often ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mow** | gerund | | | | | | often, twice *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | **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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