--- title: What would happen to an orca family if its old grandmother died befo… — Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca gr… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to an orca family if its old grandmother died before a bad salmon year? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 235 «Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca grandmothers and whale songs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/t4/) [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/) / [Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca gr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca grandmothers and whale… What would happen to an orca family if its old grandmother died before a bad salmon year? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old grandmother · **What happens:** happen, die This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 235 «Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca grandmothers and whale songs» 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/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t4:1 # text = What would happen to an orca family if its old grandmother died before a bad salmon 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 _ 7 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 orca orca NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a orca family | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | family's old grandmother | | | | year | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} They would swim to a lake ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t4:o1:1 # text = They would swim to a lake 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 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | would | They | | | a lake | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to lake=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They might struggle to find food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t4:o2:1 # text = They might struggle to find food 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 struggle struggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **struggle** | might | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | food | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would all become vegetarian ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t4:o3:1 # text = They would all become vegetarian 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 vegetarian vegetarian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | They | | | | | all, vegetarian *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, every orca knows everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t4:o4:1 # text = Nothing, every orca knows everything 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 orca orca NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | every orca | everything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | **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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