--- title: Why might a bendy pole be safer than a stiff one in strong winds? — China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a bendy pole be safer than a stiff one in strong winds? Test 7 · ★ 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 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/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus, tea and rice paddies Why might a bendy pole be safer than a stiff one in strong winds? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bendy pole · **What happens:** be This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t7:1 # text = Why might a bendy pole be safer than a stiff one in strong winds? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bendy bendy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | might | a bendy pole | | | | | than a stiff one in strong winds; safe *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 {#o1} It is lighter so the wind cannot touch it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t7:o1:1 # text = It is lighter so the wind cannot touch it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | light *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **touch** | can | the wind | it | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Stiff poles are always made of glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t7:o2:1 # text = Stiff poles are always made of glass 1 Stiff stiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | Stiff poles | | | | of glass; always *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It bends and springs back instead of snapping ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t7:o3:1 # text = It bends and springs back instead of snapping 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bends bend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 springs spring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 8 mark _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 snapping snap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | present | It | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **spring back** | present | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **snap** | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bendy poles stop the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:t7:o4:1 # text = Bendy poles stop the wind 1 Bendy bendy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Bendy poles | the wind | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality wind=Eventuality | **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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