--- title: What would happen if agoutis disappeared from the forest? — The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if agoutis disappeared from the forest? Test 6 of lesson 157 «The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, jaguars and the giant spider» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/157-the-amazon-forest-floor/t6/) [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 forest floor: leafcutters,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/157-the-amazon-forest-floor/) / t6 # Test 6 · The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, j… What would happen if agoutis disappeared from the forest? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** agoutis · **What happens:** happen, disappear · **To what, where:** forest This is test 6 of lesson 157 «The Amazon forest floor: leafcutters, army ants, tapirs, jaguars and the giant spider» 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/157-the-amazon-forest-floor/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t6:1 # text = What would happen if agoutis disappeared from the 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 _ 6 mark _ _ 5 agoutis agouti NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? 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 | **disappear** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | agoutis | | | the 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 {#o1} Nothing would happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t6:o1:1 # text = Nothing would happen 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} More Brazil nuts would fall ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t6:o2:1 # text = More Brazil nuts would fall 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 2 Brazil Brazil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 3 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | would | More nuts | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Fewer Brazil nut seeds would be planted, and fewer new trees would grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t6:o3:1 # text = Fewer Brazil nut seeds would be planted, and fewer new trees would grow 1 Fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 2 Brazil Brazil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 11 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plant** | would · passive | | Fewer Brazil nut seeds | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **grow** | would | fewer new trees | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Brazil nut trees would grow faster with nobody taking their nuts away and burying them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:157-the-amazon-forest-floor:t6:o4:1 # text = Brazil nut trees would grow faster with nobody taking their nuts away and burying them 1 Brazil Brazil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 7 with with SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ _ 9 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 burying bury VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | Brazil and nut trees | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take away** | gerund | nobody | Brazil's nuts | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme | | 3 | **bury** | gerund | nobody *not said here* | nuts *= nut* | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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