--- title: What would happen if a beach where turtles nest got much hotter? — Reef giants and wanderers: whale shark… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a beach where turtles nest got much hotter? Test 6 of lesson 174 «Reef giants and wanderers: whale sharks, mantas, dugongs and sea turtles» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles/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/) / [Reef giants and wanderers: whale shark…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles/) / t6 # Test 6 · Reef giants and wanderers: whale sharks, mantas, dugongs a… What would happen if a beach where turtles nest got much hotter? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** turtles · **What happens:** happen, get · **To what, where:** beach This is test 6 of lesson 174 «Reef giants and wanderers: whale sharks, mantas, dugongs and sea turtles» 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/174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t6:1 # text = What would happen if a beach where turtles nest got much hotter? 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 _ 6 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 8 turtles turtle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 nest nest VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 much much ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | a beach | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | turtles | | | | | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} The eggs would hatch into crabs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t6:o1:1 # text = The eggs would hatch into crabs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hatch hatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 crabs crab NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hatch** | would | the eggs | | | | | into crabs | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient into crab=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} More of the babies hatching there would be female ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t6:o2:1 # text = More of the babies hatching there would be female 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 hatching hatch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hatch** | gerund | the babies *not said here* | | | there | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | would | | | | | | female *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} All the babies hatching there would be male, every single one ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t6:o3:1 # text = All the babies hatching there would be male, every single one 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 hatching hatch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 11 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hatch** | gerund | all babies *not said here* | | | there | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | would | all babies | | | | | male *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t6:o4:1 # text = Nothing would change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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