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title: «gross, the rose is covered in green bugs, just spray the lot» What… — The garden in summer: flowers, aphids,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «gross, the rose is covered in green bugs, just spray the lot» What could a gardener do instead? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 334 «The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flying ant day» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 2 · ★ · The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flyin…

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«gross, the rose is covered in green bugs, just spray the lot» What could a gardener do instead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** gardener · **What happens:** cover, spray, do · **To what, where:** gross, lot · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 334 «The garden in summer: flowers, aphids, ladybirds and flying ant day» 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/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t2:1
# text = «gross, the rose is covered in green bugs, just spray the lot» What could a gardener do instead?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	gross	gross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bugs	bug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	spray	spray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	_
18	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	parataxis	_	_
22	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | gross |  |  |  | in green bugs | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in bug=Theme |
| 2 | **spray** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the lot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | could | a gardener |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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}

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Leave the ladybirds to eat the aphids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t2:o1:1
# text = Leave the ladybirds to eat the aphids
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ladybirds	ladybird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	aphids	aphid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ladybirds |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladybird=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the aphids |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aphid=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pour milk on the rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t2:o2:1
# text = Pour milk on the rose
1	Pour	pour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | imperative | you *not said here* | milk |  | the rose |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pull up the whole rose bush and plant a new one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t2:o3:1
# text = Pull up the whole rose bush and plant a new one
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole rose bush and plant |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent bush=Theme one=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spray the ladybirds too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day:t2:o4:1
# text = Spray the ladybirds too
1	Spray	spray	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ladybirds	ladybird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spray** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ladybirds |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ladybird=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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