--- title: What would happen if a mother wombat's pouch faced forwards like a k… — Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a mother wombat's pouch faced forwards like a kangaroo's? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus/t6/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus What would happen if a mother wombat's pouch faced forwards like a kangaroo's? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pouch · **What happens:** happen, face · **To what, where:** forwards This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» of the biology 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/biology/104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t6:1 # text = What would happen if a mother wombat's pouch faced forwards like a kangaroo's? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 wombat wombat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 pouch pouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 faced face VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 forwards forward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 kangaroo kangaroo NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **face** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a mother wombat's pouch | forwards | | | | like a kangaroo | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forward=Destination | 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} Nothing at all would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t6:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all would change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The baby would dig its own burrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t6:o2:1 # text = The baby would dig its own burrow 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 burrow burrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | would | the baby | baby's own burrow | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent burrow=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The baby would see better and grow faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t6:o3:1 # text = The baby would see better and grow faster 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | would | the baby | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **grow** | present | the baby *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Soil would fly into it while she digs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:t6:o4:1 # text = Soil would fly into it while she digs 1 Soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 digs dig VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | would | Soil | | | it | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into it=Destination | | 2 | **dig** | present | Soil | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «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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