--- title: Why might growing slowly help a tree live longer? — Trees · tree and pragmatics description: Why might growing slowly help a tree live longer? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Trees» 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/60-trees/t2/) [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/) / [Trees](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/60-trees/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · Trees Why might growing slowly help a tree live longer? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tree · **What happens:** grow, help, live This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Trees» 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/60-trees/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t2:1 # text = Why might growing slowly help a tree live longer? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | might | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **help** | present | | | | | | slowly *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **live** | infinitive | a tree | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} Slow trees sleep more ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t2:o1:1 # text = Slow trees sleep more 1 Slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | Slow trees | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Slow wood is dense and tough, and the harsh place keeps pests away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t2:o2:1 # text = Slow wood is dense and tough, and the harsh place keeps pests away 1 Slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 dense dense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 pests pest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Slow wood | | | | | dense *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Slow wood *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep away** | present | the harsh place | pests | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Growing fast makes trees explode ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t2:o3:1 # text = Growing fast makes trees explode 1 Growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | gerund | | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | Growing | trees | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **explode** | infinitive | trees *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Slow trees are protected by law and nobody is allowed to cut them down ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t2:o4:1 # text = Slow trees are protected by law and nobody is allowed to cut them down 1 Slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present · passive | law | Slow trees | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | | 2 | **allow** | present · passive | | nobody | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cut down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | nobody *not said here* | trees *= tree* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | **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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