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title: Why would one oak tree be home for over 2000 kinds of living things? — Trees · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would one oak tree be home for over 2000 kinds of living things? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 6 · ★★★ · Trees

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Why would one oak tree be home for over 2000 kinds of living things?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one oak tree · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t6:1
# text = Why would one oak tree be home for over 2000 kinds of living things?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	over	over	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | one oak tree |  |  |  |  | for 2000 kinds of living things; home *property* | tree rules |

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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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All 2000 kinds eat only acorns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t6:o1:1
# text = All 2000 kinds eat only acorns
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	acorns	acorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | all 2000 kinds | acorns |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is big, lives for centuries and offers leaves, bark, acorns and holes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t6:o2:1
# text = It is big, lives for centuries and offers leaves, bark, acorns and holes
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	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	acorns	acorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present |  |  |  |  | century |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **offer** | present |  | leaves and bark and acorns and holes |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Oaks give out a sweet smell that pulls in animals from miles around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t6:o3:1
# text = Oaks give out a sweet smell that pulls in animals from miles around
1	Oaks	oak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	around	around	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | present | Oaks | a sweet smell |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent smell=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | present | a sweet smell |  |  |  |  | in animals; from miles; around *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from mile=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Animals are not allowed in other trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t6:o4:1
# text = Animals are not allowed in other trees
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Animals |  | other trees |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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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