--- title: «that tree under the window stinks like sick, someone dropped someth… — China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus,… · tree and pragmatics description: «that tree under the window stinks like sick, someone dropped something» What is a likely cause? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 380 «China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus, tea and rice paddies» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/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/) / [China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus, tea and rice paddies «that tree under the window stinks like sick, someone dropped something» What is a likely cause? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tree, someone · **What happens:** stink, drop, be · **To what, where:** something, likely cause · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 380 «China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus, tea and rice paddies» 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/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t6:1 # text = «that tree under the window stinks like sick, someone dropped something» What is a likely cause? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 stinks stink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 csubj _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 nsubj _ _ 12 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stink** *in a quote* | present | that tree under the window | | | | | like sick | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **drop** *in a quote* | past | someone | something | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | | a likely cause | | | | | 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} A broken water pipe ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t6:o1:1 # text = A broken water pipe 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The leaves are rotting in spring because the tree is dying ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t6:o2:1 # text = The leaves are rotting in spring because the tree is dying 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 rotting rot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rot** | present · progressive | the leaves | | | | spring | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **die** | present · progressive | the tree | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} A sick fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t6:o3:1 # text = A sick fox 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Squashed seeds from a female ginkgo tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t6:o4:1 # text = Squashed seeds from a female ginkgo tree 1 Squashed squash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 ginkgo ginkgo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squash** | participle | | seeds | | a female ginkgo tree | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent seed=Theme from tree=Trajectory | **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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