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description: A small mountain mouse lives near the top of a mountain. What could happen as the climate warms? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 297 «The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and frozen zoos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and froz…

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A small mountain mouse lives near the top of a mountain. What could happen as the climate warms?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** small mountain mouse, climate · **What happens:** live, happen, warm · **To what, where:** top

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 297 «The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and frozen zoos» 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/297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A small mountain mouse lives near the top of a mountain.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:t3:1
# text = A small mountain mouse lives near the top of a mountain.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a small mountain mouse |  |  | the top of a mountain |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near top=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What could happen as the climate warms?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:t3:2
# text = What could happen as the climate warms?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **warm** | present | the climate |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It may move up until there is nowhere higher left to go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:t3:o1:1
# text = It may move up until there is nowhere higher left to go
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
8	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
10	left	left	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move up** | may | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present |  |  |  | there |  | high *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | left *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, mountain tops never warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing, mountain tops never warm
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It will grow wings and fly away to a colder place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:t3:o3:1
# text = It will grow wings and fly away to a colder place
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | future | It | wings |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme |
| 2 | **fly away** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to a colder place *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to place=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It will move down to the warm valley, where it likes the heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:297-the-future-of-life-de-extinction-climate-coral-and-frozen-zoos:t3:o4:1
# text = It will move down to the warm valley, where it likes the heat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move down** | future | It |  |  | the warm valley |  | down *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to valley=Trajectory |
| 2 | **like** | present | valley | the heat |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot heat=Theme |

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