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title: What would happen if a farmer swapped fish caught at sea for soldier… — Insects as food in other countries · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a farmer swapped fish caught at sea for soldier fly larvae to feed his farmed fish? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 6 · ★ · Insects as food in other countries

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What would happen if a farmer swapped fish caught at sea for soldier fly larvae to feed his farmed fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** farmer · **What happens:** happen, swap, catch, fly, feed, farm · **To what, where:** farmer, sea, larvae, farmed fish

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» 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/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t6:1
# text = What would happen if a farmer swapped fish caught at sea for soldier fly larvae to feed his farmed fish?
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	_	14	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
7	swapped	swap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:agent	_	_
14	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
15	larvae	larva	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	farmed	farm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **swap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **catch** | participle |  | a farmer and swapped fish *not said here* |  | sea |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at sea=Asset |
| 4 | **fly** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a farmer and swapped fish | larvae |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location larva=Theme |
| 5 | **feed** | to-infinitive | a farmer and swapped fish *not said here* |  | fish's farmed fish |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient |
| 6 | **farm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The larvae would eat the fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t6:o1:1
# text = The larvae would eat the fish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	larvae	larva	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | the larvae | the fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |

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

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Fewer wild fish would be caught for feed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t6:o2:1
# text = Fewer wild fish would be caught for feed
1	Fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	feed	feed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | would · passive |  | Fewer wild fish |  |  |  | for feed | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for feed=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The farmed fish would starve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t6:o3:1
# text = The farmed fish would starve
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	farmed	farm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	starve	starve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **farm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **starve** | would | the farmed fish |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sea would get emptier of wild fish faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t6:o4:1
# text = The sea would get emptier of wild fish faster
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	emptier	empty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the sea |  |  |  |  | empty, fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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