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title: What would happen to a small group of animals if it bred only among… — Breeding programmes for rare animals:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to a small group of animals if it bred only among itself for many generations? Test 2 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 2 · Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen…

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What would happen to a small group of animals if it bred only among itself for many generations?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** group · **What happens:** happen, breed

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This is test 2 of lesson 113 «Breeding programmes for rare animals: studbooks and frozen zoos» 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/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t2:1
# text = What would happen to a small group of animals if it bred only among itself for many generations?
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	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	bred	breed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	among	among	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	generations	generation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to a small group of animals | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **breed** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | group |  |  |  | for many generations | among group | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It would lose genes and become less able to cope with disease

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t2:o1:1
# text = It would lose genes and become less able to cope with disease
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	genes	gene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	cope	cope	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | would | It | genes |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gene=Eventuality |
| 2 | **become** | present |  |  |  |  |  | able *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **cope** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with disease | vn cope-83-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with disease=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would gain lots of new genes every year from its own members

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t2:o2:1
# text = It would gain lots of new genes every year from its own members
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	genes	gene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | would | It | lots of new genes |  | its own members | year |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lot=Theme from member=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would become a bigger species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t2:o3:1
# text = It would become a bigger species
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | It | a bigger species |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing would ever change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing would ever change
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  | ever |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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