--- title: What would happen if harpy eagles vanished from a forest? — The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagl… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if harpy eagles vanished from a forest? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 156 «The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart frogs and sloth gardens» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/156-the-amazon-canopy/t7/) [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/) / [The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/156-the-amazon-canopy/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart fr… What would happen if harpy eagles vanished from a forest? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** harpy eagles · **What happens:** happen, vanish · **To what, where:** forest This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 156 «The Amazon canopy: howlers, harpy eagles, toucans, dart frogs and sloth gardens» 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/156-the-amazon-canopy/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t7:1 # text = What would happen if harpy eagles vanished from a forest? 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 harpy harpy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ 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 | **vanish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | harpy eagles | | | a forest | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from forest=Initial\_Location | 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} There could be more sloths and monkeys eating the leaves and fruit ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t7:o1:1 # text = There could be more sloths and monkeys eating the leaves and fruit 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 sloths sloth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **can** | could | more sloths and monkeys | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | more sloths and monkeys *not said here* | the leaves and fruit | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The forest would lose all its trees at once and turn into a desert ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t7:o2:1 # text = The forest would lose all its trees at once and turn into a desert 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | the forest | forest's trees | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Eventuality | | 2 | **turn** | present | the forest *not said here* | | | a desert | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into desert=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing at all would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t7:o3:1 # 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 4 {#o4} The howlers would stop roaring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:156-the-amazon-canopy:t7:o4:1 # text = The howlers would stop roaring 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 howlers howler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 roaring roar VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | the howlers | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **roar** | gerund | the howlers *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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