--- title: In a hard year with little food, how can a marine iguana survive? — The Galápagos: giant tortoises, sea ig… · tree and pragmatics description: In a hard year with little food, how can a marine iguana survive? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 180 «The Galápagos: giant tortoises, sea iguanas, Darwin's finches and tame sea lions» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/t10/) [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 Galápagos: giant tortoises, sea ig…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The Galápagos: giant tortoises, sea iguanas, Darwin's finc… In a hard year with little food, how can a marine iguana survive? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** marine iguana · **What happens:** survive This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 180 «The Galápagos: giant tortoises, sea iguanas, Darwin's finches and tame sea lions» 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/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions:t10:1 # text = In a hard year with little food, how can a marine iguana survive? 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 marine marine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 iguana iguana NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **survive** | can | a marine iguana | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 {#o1} It eats rocks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions:t10:o1:1 # text = It eats rocks 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | It | rocks | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It grows extra legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions:t10:o2:1 # text = It grows extra legs 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | It | extra legs | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leg=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It can shrink its body, even its bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions:t10:o3:1 # text = It can shrink its body, even its bones 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 shrink shrink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shrink** | can | It | its body and its bones | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It flies off to another island where there is food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions:t10:o4:1 # text = It flies off to another island where there is food 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | present | It | | | | | to another island *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to island=Result | | 2 | **be** | present | food | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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