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title: What would happen to polar bears if the sea ice melted much earlier… — The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to polar bears if the sea ice melted much earlier each year? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 169 «The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark and the unicorn's tooth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark a…

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What would happen to polar bears if the sea ice melted much earlier each year?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sea ice · **What happens:** happen, melt

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 169 «The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark and the unicorn's tooth» 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/169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:t5:1
# text = What would happen to polar bears if the sea ice melted much earlier each year?
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	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	much	much	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to polar bears | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **melt** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | the sea ice |  |  |  | year |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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They would have less time to hunt seals from the ice and swim longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:t5:o1:1
# text = They would have less time to hunt seals from the ice and swim longer
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	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | They |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | seals |  | the ice |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Theme |
| 3 | **swim** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They would move to Antarctica and hunt penguins instead of seals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:t5:o2:1
# text = They would move to Antarctica and hunt penguins instead of seals
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	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	penguins	penguin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | would | They |  | Antarctica |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to antarctica=Result |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | They *not said here* | penguins |  |  |  | instead seals | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penguin=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They would get fatter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:t5:o3:1
# text = They would get fatter
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	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fatter	fat	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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