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title: What would happen if the long-tongued moth died out? — Madagascar: chameleons, leaf-tailed ge… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if the long-tongued moth died out? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 164 «Madagascar: chameleons, leaf-tailed geckos, tenrecs, baobabs and a moth Darwin predicted» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Madagascar: chameleons, leaf-tailed geckos, tenrecs, baoba…

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What would happen if the long-tongued moth died out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tongued moth · **What happens:** happen, die out

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 164 «Madagascar: chameleons, leaf-tailed geckos, tenrecs, baobabs and a moth Darwin predicted» 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/164-madagascar-chameleons-geckos-tenrecs-baobabs-and-darwins-moth/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:164-madagascar-chameleons-geckos-tenrecs-baobabs-and-darwins-moth:t5:1
# text = What would happen if the long-tongued moth died out?
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	_	10	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	tongued	tongued	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **die out** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the tongued moth |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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The orchid would simply grow a much shorter tube the very next day, so other insects could reach the nectar

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:164-madagascar-chameleons-geckos-tenrecs-baobabs-and-darwins-moth:t5:o1:1
# text = The orchid would simply grow a much shorter tube the very next day, so other insects could reach the nectar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	orchid	orchid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	tube	tube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
18	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | the orchid | a shorter tube |  |  | day | simply *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tube=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | could | other insects | the nectar |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The star orchid could lose the only animal that can reach its nectar and carry its pollen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:164-madagascar-chameleons-geckos-tenrecs-baobabs-and-darwins-moth:t5:o2:1
# text = The star orchid could lose the only animal that can reach its nectar and carry its pollen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	orchid	orchid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | could | the star orchid | the only animal |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reach** | can | the only animal | orchid's nectar |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | infinitive | the only animal *not said here* | orchid's pollen |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Other insects would fill the tube with nectar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:164-madagascar-chameleons-geckos-tenrecs-baobabs-and-darwins-moth:t5:o3:1
# text = Other insects would fill the tube with nectar
1	Other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tube	tube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nectar	nectar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | would | Other insects | the tube |  |  |  | with nectar | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tube=Patient with nectar=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, orchids need no animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:164-madagascar-chameleons-geckos-tenrecs-baobabs-and-darwins-moth:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing, orchids need no animals
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	orchids	orchid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | orchids | no animals |  |  |  | Nothing *vocative* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot animal=Theme |

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