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Test 6 · ★ of lesson 163 «Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa» 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 wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/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/) / [Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa What would happen to the aye-aye if Madagascar suddenly had lots of woodpeckers? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Madagascar · **What happens:** happen, have · **To what, where:** lots This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 163 «Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa» 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/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t6:1 # text = What would happen to the aye-aye if Madagascar suddenly had lots of woodpeckers? 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 _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 aye aye NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 aye aye NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 Madagascar Madagascar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 woodpeckers woodpecker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to the aye aye | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Madagascar | lots of woodpeckers | | | | suddenly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | 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 at all could change ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t6:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all could 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 could could 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** | could | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It would learn to fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t6:o2:1 # text = It would learn to fly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | would | It | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would start eating the woodpeckers' eggs instead of grubs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t6:o3:1 # text = It would start eating the woodpeckers' eggs instead of grubs 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 woodpeckers woodpecker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 grubs grub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | It | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | | the woodpeckers's eggs | | | | instead grubs | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It would have to share its grubs with them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:t6:o4:1 # text = It would have to share its grubs with them 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 grubs grub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | | its grubs | | | | with grubs *= grub* | tree rules | **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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