--- title: People cut down a rainforest to farm, but after a few years the crop… — Soil · tree and pragmatics description: People cut down a rainforest to farm, but after a few years the crops fail. Why? Test 2 of lesson 56 «Soil» of the geography 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/geography/56-soil/t2/) [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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Soil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/56-soil/) / t2 # Test 2 · Soil People cut down a rainforest to farm, but after a few years the crops fail. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** People, crops · **What happens:** cut down, farm, fail · **To what, where:** rainforest This is test 2 of lesson 56 «Soil» of the geography 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/geography/56-soil/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* People cut down a rainforest to farm, but after a few years the crops fail. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:56-soil:t2:1 # text = People cut down a rainforest to farm, but after a few years the crops fail. 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rainforest rainforest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 farm farm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut down** | present | People | a rainforest | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rainforest=Product | | 2 | **farm** | to-infinitive | People *not said here* | | | | | | vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fail** | present | the crops | | | | year | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:56-soil:t2:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The soil was poor; most nutrients were in the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:56-soil:t2:o1:1 # text = The soil was poor; most nutrients were in the trees 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 nutrients nutrient NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the soil | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | most nutrients | | | the trees | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The crops were scared of the jungle ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:56-soil:t2:o2:1 # text = The crops were scared of the jungle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the crops | | | | | of the jungle; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It rained too little in the rainforest ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:56-soil:t2:o3:1 # text = It rained too little in the rainforest 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rained rain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rainforest rainforest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rain** | past | It | little | | the rainforest | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Rainforest soil is too rich for crops and burns their roots ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:56-soil:t2:o4:1 # text = Rainforest soil is too rich for crops and burns their roots 1 Rainforest rainforest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Rainforest soil | | | | | for crops; rich *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **burn** | present | Rainforest soil *not said here* | crops's roots | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent root=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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