--- title: What would happen to the sea if all the plankton vanished? — The microscopic world: tardigrades, mi… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to the sea if all the plankton vanished? Test 6 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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 was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/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/) / [The microscopic world: tardigrades, mi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/) / t6 # Test 6 · The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and ot… What would happen to the sea if all the plankton vanished? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** plankton · **What happens:** happen, vanish This is test 6 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t6:1 # text = What would happen to the sea if all the plankton vanished? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 plankton plankton NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to the sea | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **vanish** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | all plankton | | | | | | 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 {#o1} Whales would start eating land animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t6:o1:1 # text = Whales would start eating land animals 1 Whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | Whales | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | Whales *not said here* | land animals | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The food web would collapse, from fish to whales ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t6:o2:1 # text = The food web would collapse, from fish to whales 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 web web NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 collapse collapse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collapse** | would | the food web | | | | | from fish; to whales | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sea would get more crowded ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t6:o3:1 # text = The sea would get more crowded 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 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 crowded crowded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | the sea | | | | | crowded *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Fish would eat more seaweed and be fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t6:o4:1 # text = Fish would eat more seaweed and be fine 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 seaweed seaweed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | Fish | more seaweed | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seaweed=Patient | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | Fish *not said here* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | **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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