--- title: What would happen to many big trees if forest elephants disappeared? — The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobo… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to many big trees if forest elephants disappeared? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 159 «The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest elephants» 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/159-the-congo-rainforest/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 Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/159-the-congo-rainforest/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest… What would happen to many big trees if forest elephants disappeared? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** forest elephants · **What happens:** happen, disappear This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 159 «The Congo rainforest: gorillas, bonobos, okapis and forest elephants» 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/159-the-congo-rainforest/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t6:1 # text = What would happen to many big trees if forest elephants disappeared? 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 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to many big trees | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **disappear** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | forest elephants | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Their seeds would be spread much less, so fewer new trees would grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t6:o1:1 # text = Their seeds would be spread much less, so fewer new trees would grow 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 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 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | would · passive | | Their seeds | | | | less *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | would | fewer new trees | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would spread seeds by walking ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t6:o2:1 # text = They would spread seeds by walking 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | would | They | seeds | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location seed=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t6: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 _ _ ``` | # | 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} They would grow faster without elephants walking about and eating their fruit ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:159-the-congo-rainforest:t6:o4:1 # text = They would grow faster without elephants walking about and eating their fruit 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 conj _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | They | | | | | without elephants; fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | gerund | elephants *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | gerund | elephants *not said here* | elephants's fruit | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | **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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