--- title: Why do bluebells flower early in spring in a beech wood? — Trees · tree and pragmatics description: Why do bluebells flower early in spring in a beech wood? Test 9 · ★★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/60-trees/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★★ · Trees Why do bluebells flower early in spring in a beech wood? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bluebells · **What happens:** flower · **To what, where:** beech wood This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t9:1 # text = Why do bluebells flower early in spring in a beech wood? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 bluebells bluebell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flower flower VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 beech beech NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flower** | present · do-support | bluebells | | | a beech wood | spring | early *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | 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} Beech trees tell them when to flower ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t9:o1:1 # text = Beech trees tell them when to flower 1 Beech beech NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 flower flower VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Beech trees | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 2 | **flower** | to-infinitive | Beech trees *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The bees only come out in March, and the bluebells must catch them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t9:o2:1 # text = The bees only come out in March, and the bluebells must catch them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bluebells bluebell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | present | the bees | | | | march | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **catch** | must | the bluebells | bees *= bee* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They bloom before the beech leaves open and block out the light ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t9:o3:1 # text = They bloom before the beech leaves open and block out the light 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bloom bloom VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 beech beech NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 open open VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 block block VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bloom** | present | They | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leaf** | | beech | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **open** | present | the leaves | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **block out** | present | They *not said here* | the light | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer light=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They like the cold better than the warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:60-trees:t9:o4:1 # text = They like the cold better than the warm 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | They | the cold | | | | good *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot cold=Theme | **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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