--- title: «compost heap's steaming, is it on fire» What is happening? — Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpe… · tree and pragmatics description: «compost heap's steaming, is it on fire» What is happening? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 291 «Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/t8/) [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/) / [Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food «compost heap's steaming, is it on fire» What is happening? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** heap steaming, fire · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** fire This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 291 «Bees, worms and soil: the hidden helpers of our food» 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/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t8:1 # text = «compost heap's steaming, is it on fire» What is happening? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 compost compost NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 steaming steaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | heap steaming | | | fire | | | tree rules | | 2 | **happen** | present · progressive | fire | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Someone poured a kettle of hot water in ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t8:o1:1 # text = Someone poured a kettle of hot water in 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pour** | past | Someone | a kettle of hot water | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The worms are cooking it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t8:o2:1 # text = The worms are cooking it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 worms worm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cooking cook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | present · progressive | the worms | it | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it is about to burst into flames ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t8:o3:1 # text = Yes, it is about to burst into flames 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **burst** | to-infinitive | | | | flames | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Microbes breaking down the scraps make heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food:t8:o4:1 # text = Microbes breaking down the scraps make heat 1 Microbes microbe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 down down ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 scraps scrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break down** | gerund | Microbes *not said here* | the scraps | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scrap=Patient | | 2 | **make** | present | Microbes | heat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heat=Product | **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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