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title: If many sharks were killed in one sea, what might happen to the othe… — Sharks · tree and pragmatics
description: If many sharks were killed in one sea, what might happen to the other fish? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Sharks» 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Sharks

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If many sharks were killed in one sea, what might happen to the other fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** kill, happen · **To what, where:** many sharks, one sea

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Sharks» 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/28-sharks/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t8:1
# text = If many sharks were killed in one sea, what might happen to the other fish?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
11	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | many sharks |  | one sea |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | might |  |  |  |  |  | to the other fish | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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The fish would turn into sharks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t8:o1:1
# text = The fish would turn into sharks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | the fish |  |  | sharks |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into shark=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Sick fish would spread disease and the balance would be upset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t8:o2:1
# text = Sick fish would spread disease and the balance would be upset
1	Sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | would | Sick fish | disease |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location disease=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | would | the balance |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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All the other fish would get much healthier at once and live far longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t8:o3:1
# text = All the other fish would get much healthier at once and live far longer
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	healthier	healthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | all other fish |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **live** | present | all other fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, sharks don't eat fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t8:o4:1
# text = Nothing, sharks don't eat fish
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present · do-support | Nothing sharks | fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |

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