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title: What would happen to polar bears if the sea ice melted much earlier… — The polar zone: polar bears · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to polar bears if the sea ice melted much earlier every year? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · The polar zone: polar bears

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What would happen to polar bears if the sea ice melted much earlier every year?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sea ice · **What happens:** happen, melt

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 105 «The polar zone: polar bears» 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/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t5:1
# text = What would happen to polar bears if the sea ice melted much earlier every year?
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	much	much	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to polar bears | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **melt** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | the sea ice |  |  |  | year |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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Nothing, they mostly eat berries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing, they mostly eat berries
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | they | Nothing |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They would hunt seals much more easily in the open summer water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t5:o2:1
# text = They would hunt seals much more easily in the open summer water
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | would | They | seals |  | the open summer water |  | easily *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seal=Theme in water=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They would all swim south and move to Antarctica

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t5:o3:1
# text = They would all swim south and move to Antarctica
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	south	south	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | would | They |  |  |  |  | all, south *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  | Antarctica |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to antarctica=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They would have less time to hunt seals and go hungry longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears:t5:o4:1
# text = They would have less time to hunt seals and go hungry longer
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | They |  |  |  | time | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | seals |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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