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title: If the ice sheets of the Ice Age melted back into the sea, what woul… — Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground slo… · tree and pragmatics
description: If the ice sheets of the Ice Age melted back into the sea, what would happen to the land bridge between Asia and America? Test 9 of lesson 131 «Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and dodos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 9 · Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and…

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If the ice sheets of the Ice Age melted back into the sea, what would happen to the land bridge between Asia and America?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ice sheets, sea · **What happens:** melt back, happen · **To what, where:** sea

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This is test 9 of lesson 131 «Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and dodos» 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/131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t9:1
# text = If the ice sheets of the Ice Age melted back into the sea, what would happen to the land bridge between Asia and America?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	melted	melt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	between	between	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt back** | past | the ice sheets of the Ice Age |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into sea=Product |
| 2 | **happen** | would | the sea |  |  |  |  | to the land bridge between Asia and America | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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It would get wider

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t9:o1:1
# text = It would get wider
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	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wider	wide	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | It |  |  |  |  | wide *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It would go under the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t9:o2:1
# text = It would go under the sea
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	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | would | It |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under sea=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing would change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t9:o3:1
# text = Nothing would change
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would turn into ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t9:o4:1
# text = It would turn into ice
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	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | It |  |  | ice |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into ice=Trajectory |

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