--- title: During a drought, why are gator holes good for other animals? — Crocodiles and alligators · tree and pragmatics description: During a drought, why are gator holes good for other animals? Test 11 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» 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/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/t11/) [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/) / [Crocodiles and alligators](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/) / t11 # Test 11 · Crocodiles and alligators During a drought, why are gator holes good for other animals? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gator holes · **What happens:** be This is test 11 of lesson 29 «Crocodiles and alligators» 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/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t11:1 # text = During a drought, why are gator holes good for other animals? 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 drought drought NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 gator gator NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | gator holes | | | | during a drought | for other animals; good *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} The alligators share their food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t11:o1:1 # text = The alligators share their food 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 alligators alligator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | the alligators | alligators's food | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The holes are full of fruit that falls from the trees around them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t11:o2:1 # text = The holes are full of fruit that falls from the trees around them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 around around ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the holes | | | | | of fruit; full *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | present | fruit | | | the trees around holes | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tree=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Alligators leave in droughts ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t11:o3:1 # text = Alligators leave in droughts 1 Alligators alligator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 droughts drought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present | Alligators | | | | | in droughts *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in drought=Result | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The holes the alligators dig keep water when everything else dries out ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:29-crocodiles-and-alligators:t11:o4:1 # text = The holes the alligators dig keep water when everything else dries out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 alligators alligator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 dig dig VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 compound _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 11 nsubj _ _ 10 else else ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 dries dry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | present | the holes and the alligators | keep water | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dry out** | present | everything | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: 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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