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description: If your friend reckons the big redwood in the photo is the biggest tree in the world by volume, what do you say? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Trees

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If your friend reckons the big redwood in the photo is the biggest tree in the world by volume, what do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, big redwood, you · **What happens:** reckon, be, say · **To what, where:** biggest tree, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t4:1
# text = If your friend reckons the big redwood in the photo is the biggest tree in the world by volume, what do you say?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	redwood	redwood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	_	_
22	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | your friend |  |  |  |  | by volume | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the big redwood in the photo | the biggest tree |  | the world |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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}

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No, all redwoods are the same size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t4:o1:1
# text = No, all redwoods are the same size
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	redwoods	redwood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | all redwoods | the same size |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the tallest is always the biggest, that's how it works

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, the tallest is always the biggest, that's how it works
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | always, big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Not quite: Hyperion is tallest, but General Sherman is biggest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t4:o3:1
# text = Not quite: Hyperion is tallest, but General Sherman is biggest
1	Not	not	PART	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ|Polarity=Neg	6	cc	_	_
2	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	1	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	Hyperion	Hyperion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Sherman	Sherman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Hyperion |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | General Sherman |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, the biggest tree is an oak in England

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t4:o4:1
# text = No, the biggest tree is an oak in England
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the biggest tree | a oak |  | England |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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