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title: What would happen to the inside of a magnetic termite mound if it fa… — The Australian outback: red kangaroos,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to the inside of a magnetic termite mound if it faced the midday sun with a broad side? Test 5 of lesson 165 «The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils and runaway camels and toads» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 5 · The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils…

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What would happen to the inside of a magnetic termite mound if it faced the midday sun with a broad side?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mound · **What happens:** happen, face · **To what, where:** midday sun

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This is test 5 of lesson 165 «The Australian outback: red kangaroos, emus, thorny devils and runaway camels and toads» 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/165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t5:1
# text = What would happen to the inside of a magnetic termite mound if it faced the midday sun with a broad side?
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	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	termite	termite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	faced	face	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to the inside of a magnetic termite mound | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **face** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | mound | the midday sun |  |  |  | with a broad side | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It would probably get hotter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t5:o1:1
# text = It would probably get hotter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | It |  |  |  |  | hot, probably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would fill with water and become a lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t5:o2:1
# text = It would fill with water and become a lake
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	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | would | It |  |  |  |  | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive |  | a lake |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing could change, it is always the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing could change, it is always the same
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | always, same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would freeze over at night and stay cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:165-the-australian-outback-kangaroos-emus-thorny-devils-and-runaway-toads:t5:o4:1
# text = It would freeze over at night and stay cold
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	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze over** | would | It |  |  |  | night | over *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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