--- title: What would happen to desert flowers if it never rained heavily for t… — The desert: living with little water · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to desert flowers if it never rained heavily for ten years? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 5 «The desert: living with little water» 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/5-the-desert/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/) / [The desert: living with little water](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/5-the-desert/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The desert: living with little water What would happen to desert flowers if it never rained heavily for ten years? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** happen, desert, not rain · **To what, where:** flowers This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 5 «The desert: living with little water» 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/5-the-desert/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t7:1 # text = What would happen to desert flowers if it never rained heavily for ten years? 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 PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 desert desert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 rained rain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 heavily heavily ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **desert** | to-infinitive | | flowers | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme flower=Source | | 3 | **not** **rain** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | it | | | | year | heavily *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | 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 {#o1} They would grow anyway without water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t7:o1:1 # text = They would grow anyway without water 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | They | | | | | without water; anyway *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The seeds would sprout every year in the dry sand and flower in the heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t7:o2:1 # text = The seeds would sprout every year in the dry sand and flower in the heat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sprout sprout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprout** | would | the seeds | | | the dry sand and flower | year | in the heat | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sand=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Their seeds could wait in the soil until a good rain came ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t7:o3:1 # text = Their seeds could wait in the soil until a good rain came 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | could | Their seeds | | | the soil | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in soil=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | a good rain | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would all turn into cactuses ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:5-the-desert:t7:o4:1 # text = They would all turn into cactuses 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 cactuses cactuse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | They | | | cactuses | | all *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into cactuse=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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