--- title: Why is early spring a good time for low flowers? — The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is early spring a good time for low flowers? Test 6 of lesson 333 «The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees and nesting birds» 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/333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds/t6/) [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/) / [The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds/) / t6 # Test 6 · The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees an… Why is early spring a good time for low flowers? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** early spring · **What happens:** be This is test 6 of lesson 333 «The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees and nesting birds» 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/333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:t6:1 # text = Why is early spring a good time for low flowers? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | early spring and a good time for low flowers | | | | | why *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The trees have no leaves yet, so sunlight reaches the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:t6:o1:1 # text = The trees have no leaves yet, so sunlight reaches the ground 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 yet yet ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the trees | no leaves | | | yet | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 2 | **reach** | present | sunlight | the ground | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} There is no rain in spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:t6:o2:1 # text = There is no rain in spring 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no rain | | | there | spring | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Bees only visit low flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:t6:o3:1 # text = Bees only visit low flowers 1 Bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 visit visit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | present | Bees | low flowers | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The soil is warmest in early spring, warmer than in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:t6:o4:1 # text = The soil is warmest in early spring, warmer than in summer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 warmest warm ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the soil | | | | spring | warm *property* | tree rules | **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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