--- title: What would happen if the black caimans came back to a river where th… — Amazon giants and tall tales: anaconda… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if the black caimans came back to a river where they had been hunted? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/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/) / [Amazon giants and tall tales: anaconda…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric… What would happen if the black caimans came back to a river where they had been hunted? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** black caimans · **What happens:** happen, come back, hunt · **To what, where:** river, caimans This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» 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/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t6:1 # text = What would happen if the black caimans came back to a river where they had been hunted? 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 _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 caimans caiman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 hunted hunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? 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 | **come back** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the black caimans | | | a river | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **hunt** | past · perfect · passive | | caimans *= caiman* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Piranhas would all grow huge and fat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t6:o1:1 # text = Piranhas would all grow huge and fat 1 Piranhas piranha NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | Piranhas | | | | | all, huge *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Piranha numbers would go down again ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t6:o2:1 # text = Piranha numbers would go down again 1 Piranha piranha NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | would | Piranha numbers | | | | again | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Capybaras would come back and start eating the fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t6:o3:1 # text = Capybaras would come back and start eating the fish 1 Capybaras capybara NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | would | Capybaras | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **start** | infinitive | Capybaras *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **eat** | gerund | Capybaras *not said here* | the fish | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} All the other fish would vanish at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t6:o4:1 # text = All the other fish would vanish at once 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vanish** | would | all other fish | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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