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title: Which of the following is the reason the blood-beech requires substa… — Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is the reason the blood-beech requires substantial sunshine in the garden? Exam question 4 of lesson 948 «Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and Soren rob the birds' nests» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and…

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Which of the following is the reason the blood-beech requires substantial sunshine in the garden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** blood beech · **What happens:** follow, be, require · **To what, where:** substantial sunshine, garden

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 948 «Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and Soren rob the birds' nests» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/books/948-pg27200-part159/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e4:1
# text = Which of the following is the reason the blood-beech requires substantial sunshine in the garden?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	beech	beech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl	_	_
13	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the reason | tree rules |
| 3 | **require** | present | the blood beech | substantial sunshine |  | the garden |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sunshine=Precondition |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees in the garden during summer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e4:o1:1
# text = To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees in the garden during summer
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | gerund |  |  |  |  | summer | in the garden *result*; like the other trees; green *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in garden=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To stop it from turning pale like the birches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e4:o2:1
# text = To stop it from turning pale like the birches
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	birches	birch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like the birches; pale *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees, which the lady had planted herself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e4:o3:1
# text = To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees, which the lady had planted herself
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
18	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like the other trees; green *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **plant** | past · perfect · passive |  | the lady |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e4:o4:1
# text = To prevent it from becoming bright green like the other trees
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like the other trees; green *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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