--- title: What would happen if all the whales in the Southern Ocean disappeared? — The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colos… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if all the whales in the Southern Ocean disappeared? Test 5 of lesson 171 «The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life under the ice» 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/171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice/t5/) [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 Southern Ocean: blue whales, colos…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice/) / t5 # Test 5 · The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life u… What would happen if all the whales in the Southern Ocean disappeared? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whales · **What happens:** happen, disappear This is test 5 of lesson 171 «The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life under the ice» 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/171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t5:1 # text = What would happen if all the whales in the Southern Ocean 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 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Southern Southern PROPN NNP _ 11 flat _ _ 11 Ocean Ocean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **disappear** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | all whales in the Southern Ocean | | | | | | 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 {#o1} Krill would turn into fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t5:o1:1 # text = Krill would turn into fish 1 Krill krill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | Krill | | | | | into fish *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} The current round Antarctica would stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t5:o2:1 # text = The current round Antarctica would stop 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 round round ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Antarctica Antarctica PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | the current round Antarctica | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sea would freeze solid ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t5:o3:1 # text = The sea would freeze solid 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 freeze freeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | would | the sea | | | | | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Less whale poo would mean less iron for the tiny plants at the bottom of the food chain ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t5:o4:1 # text = Less whale poo would mean less iron for the tiny plants at the bottom of the food chain 1 Less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 2 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 poo poo NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | would | Less whale poo | less iron | | the bottom of the food chain | | for the tiny plants | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot iron=Theme for plant=Attribute | **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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