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title: why's there worms everywhere after rain, are they even good for the… — Soil and what lives in it · tree and pragmatics
description: why's there worms everywhere after rain, are they even good for the soil Test 9 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.
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# Test 9 · Soil and what lives in it

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why's there worms everywhere after rain, are they even good for the soil

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** worms · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t9:1
# text = why's there worms everywhere after rain, are they even good for the soil
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | worms |  |  |  |  | for the soil; good *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, but only because they eat the weeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only because they eat the weeds
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | they | the weeds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weed=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, they make the soil too hard to dig

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t9:o2:1
# text = No, they make the soil too hard to dig
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | they | the soil |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soil=Product |
| 2 | **dig** | to-infinitive | the soil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yes, their tunnels let air and water into the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, their tunnels let air and water into the soil
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | their tunnels | air and water |  | the soil |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they eat the plant roots and harm the soil badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it:t9:o4:1
# text = No, they eat the plant roots and harm the soil badly
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | they | the plant roots |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient |
| 2 | **harm** | infinitive | they *not said here* | the soil |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soil=Experiencer |

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