--- title: What would happen if a mantis lost its chest ear? — Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes a… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a mantis lost its chest ear? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/t8/) [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/) / [Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys What would happen if a mantis lost its chest ear? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mantis · **What happens:** happen, lose · **To what, where:** chest ear This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» 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/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t8:1 # text = What would happen if a mantis lost its chest ear? 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mantis mantis NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? 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 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a mantis | mantis's chest ear | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Eventuality | 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} It could not see its prey any more and would slowly starve to death ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t8:o1:1 # text = It could not see its prey any more and would slowly starve to death 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 any any ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | could | It | its prey | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prey=Stimulus | | 2 | **starve** | would | | | | | | to death; slowly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It could not walk anymore ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t8:o2:1 # text = It could not walk anymore 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 anymore anymore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **walk** | could | It | | | | | anymore *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It could not hear bats coming and would be easier to catch ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t8:o3:1 # text = It could not hear bats coming and would be easier to catch 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | could | It | bats | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bat=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | gerund | bats *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | would | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **catch** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing at all would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t8:o4:1 # 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 | **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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