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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 there	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 there	cop
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 many	advmod
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kinds	amod
6	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 there	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 animals	case
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kinds	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 rainforest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rainforest	det
11	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 there	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

Option 1

Rainforests are cold, so the animals there live longer lives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rainforests	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cold	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cold	cop
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 live	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 live	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animals	det
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 live	nsubj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 animals	advmod
9	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cold	conj
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 lives	advmod
11	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 live	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

Rainforests have the richest soil on Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rainforests	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soil	det
4	richest	rich	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 soil	amod
5	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Earth	case
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 soil	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

Rainforests are hot and wet all year, so life thrives there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rainforests	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hot	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hot	cop
3	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wet	cc
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hot	conj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hot	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thrives	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 thrives	advmod
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thrives	nsubj
11	thrives	thrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hot	conj
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 thrives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	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

Rainforests are too dark for hunters to find prey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rainforests	rainforest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dark	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dark	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 dark	advmod
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 hunters	case
6	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dark	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dark	advcl
9	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	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

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