--- title: Why can a rainforest grow so many different kinds of living things? — Deserts, rainforests and grasslands · tree and pragmatics description: Why can a rainforest grow so many different kinds of living things? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Deserts, rainforests and grasslands Why can a rainforest grow so many different kinds of living things? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rainforest · **What happens:** grow · **To what, where:** many different kinds This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t9:1 # text = Why can a rainforest grow so many different kinds of living things? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rainforest rainforest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | can | a rainforest | many different kinds of living things | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location kind=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It gets very little rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t9:o1:1 # text = It gets very little rain 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | It | little rain | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It has the richest soil on Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t9:o2:1 # text = It has the richest soil on Earth 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 | It | the richest soil | | Earth | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is warm and wet all year, so plants grow without stopping ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t9:o3:1 # text = It is warm and wet all year, so plants grow without stopping 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 warm warm 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 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 without without SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | year | warm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | present | plants | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stop** | gerund | plants *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} It has long cold winters that kill pests ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:66-deserts-rainforests-grasslands:t9:o4:1 # text = It has long cold winters that kill pests 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 winters winter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 pests pest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | It | | | | winter | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kill** | present | long cold winters | pests | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pest=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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