--- title: If all the decomposers in a wood disappeared, what would happen? — Soil and what lives in it · tree and pragmatics description: If all the decomposers in a wood disappeared, what would happen? Test 4 of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» of the world 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/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/t4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Soil and what lives in it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/) / t4 # Test 4 · Soil and what lives in it If all the decomposers in a wood disappeared, what would happen? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** decomposers · **What happens:** disappear, happen This is test 4 of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» of the world 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/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t4:1 # text = If all the decomposers in a wood disappeared, what would happen? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 decomposers decomposer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | all decomposers in a wood | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} The soil would become richer and richer every year as the dead things piled up ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t4:o1:1 # text = The soil would become richer and richer every year as the dead things piled up 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | the soil | every richer year as the dead things | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **pile up** | participle | | the dead things *not said here* | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Dead leaves and bodies would pile up and the soil would lose its nutrients ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t4:o2:1 # text = Dead leaves and bodies would pile up and the soil would lose its nutrients 1 Dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 pile pile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 nutrients nutrient NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pile up** | would | Dead leaves and bodies | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | would | the soil | soil's nutrients | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nutrient=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} The trees would grow faster than ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t4:o3:1 # text = The trees would grow faster than ever 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | the trees | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing would change at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t4:o4:1 # text = Nothing would change at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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