--- title: What would happen to a forest floor if nothing rotted the leaves? — The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals c… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a forest floor if nothing rotted the leaves? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 376 «The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what is still argued» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued/t10/) [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 Chornobyl zone: how wild animals c…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what i… What would happen to a forest floor if nothing rotted the leaves? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nothing · **What happens:** happen, rot · **To what, where:** leaves This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 376 «The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what is still argued» 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/376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t10:1 # text = What would happen to a forest floor if nothing rotted the leaves? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ _ 10 rotted rot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a forest floor | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **rot** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nothing | the leaves | | | | | 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 leaves would turn back into trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t10:o1:1 # text = The leaves would turn back into trees 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | would | the leaves | | | trees | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Dead leaves would pile up and feed fewer new plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t10:o2:1 # text = Dead leaves would pile up and feed fewer new plants 1 Dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 pile pile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 feed feed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pile up** | would | Dead leaves | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feed** | present | Dead leaves *not said here* | fewer new plants | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The forest would grow faster than ever before ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t10:o3:1 # text = The forest would grow faster than ever before 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 advmod _ _ 8 before before ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | the forest | | | | | before, fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The leaves would fly away in the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:t10:o4:1 # text = The leaves would fly away in the wind 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | would | the leaves | | | the wind | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location | **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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