--- title: How could you use a pine cone to tell the weather? — Trees · tree and pragmatics description: How could you use a pine cone to tell the weather? Test 7 · ★★★ 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/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/) / [Trees](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/60-trees/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Trees How could you use a pine cone to tell the weather? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** use, tell · **To what, where:** pine cone, weather · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t7:1 # text = How could you use a pine cone to tell the weather? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 cone cone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | could | you | a pine cone | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cone=Patient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the weather | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent weather=Recipient | 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} It turns blue before it rains ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t7:o1:1 # text = It turns blue before it rains 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rains rain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | | | | | blue *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **rain** | present | it | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Open scales mean dry air, closed scales mean damp air ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t7:o2:1 # text = Open scales mean dry air, closed scales mean damp air 1 Open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Open scales | dry air | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic | | 2 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **mean** | present | closed scales | damp air | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} It falls off the tree when snow is on the way, a day early ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t7:o3:1 # text = It falls off the tree when snow is on the way, a day early 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 7 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 15 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | present | It | the tree | | | day | early *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient tree=Extent | | 2 | **is** | present | snow | | | the way | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It ticks like a clock in the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t7:o4:1 # text = It ticks like a clock in the sun 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ticks tick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tick** | present | It | | | the sun | | like a clock | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location | **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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