--- title: why are there so many kinds of animals in the rainforest — Deserts, rainforests and grasslands · tree and pragmatics description: why are there so many kinds of animals in the rainforest Test 11 · ★ of lesson 66 «Deserts, rainforests and grasslands» 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/66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands/t11/) [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/) / [Deserts, rainforests and grasslands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Deserts, rainforests and grasslands why are there so many kinds of animals in the rainforest **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** rainforest This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 66 «Deserts, rainforests and grasslands» 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/66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t11:1 # text = why are there so many kinds of animals in the rainforest 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 rainforest rainforest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | the rainforest | | many kinds of animals *obl*; there *property* | tree rules | 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} Rainforests are cold, so the animals there live longer lives ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t11:o1:1 # text = Rainforests are cold, so the animals there live longer lives 1 Rainforests rainforest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Rainforests | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | the animals | lives | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Rainforests have the richest soil on Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t11:o2:1 # text = Rainforests have the richest soil on Earth 1 Rainforests rainforest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Rainforests | the richest soil | | Earth | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Rainforests are hot and wet all year, so life thrives there ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t11:o3:1 # text = Rainforests are hot and wet all year, so life thrives there 1 Rainforests rainforest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thrives thrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Rainforests | | | | year | hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Rainforests *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **thrive** | present | life | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Rainforests are too dark for hunters to find prey ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t11:o4:1 # text = Rainforests are too dark for hunters to find prey 1 Rainforests rainforest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Rainforests | | | | | for hunters; dark *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Rainforests *not said here* | prey | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Topic | **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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