--- title: What would happen if a hotel by a turtle beach left bright lights on… — Turtles and tortoises · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a hotel by a turtle beach left bright lights on all night? Test 3 of lesson 31 «Turtles and tortoises» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/t3/) [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/) / [Turtles and tortoises](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/) / t3 # Test 3 · Turtles and tortoises What would happen if a hotel by a turtle beach left bright lights on all night? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hotel · **What happens:** happen, leave · **To what, where:** bright lights This is test 3 of lesson 31 «Turtles and tortoises» 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/31-turtles-and-tortoises/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t3:1 # text = What would happen if a hotel by a turtle beach left bright lights on all night? 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 _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hotel hotel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a hotel by a turtle beach | bright lights | | | night | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, hatchlings cannot see light ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t3:o1:1 # text = Nothing, hatchlings cannot see light 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 hatchlings hatchling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | can | Nothing hatchlings | light | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The hatchlings might crawl towards the lights instead of the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t3:o2:1 # text = The hatchlings might crawl towards the lights instead of the sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hatchlings hatchling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 crawl crawl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crawl** | might | the hatchlings | | | the lights | | instead the sea | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards light=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The hatchlings would hatch out faster, as the light warms up the sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t3:o3:1 # text = The hatchlings would hatch out faster, as the light warms up the sand 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hatchlings hatchling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hatch hatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 warms warm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hatch out** | would | the hatchlings | | | | | fast *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **warm up** | present | the light | the sand | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sand=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The mothers would lay more eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:31-turtles-and-tortoises:t3:o4:1 # text = The mothers would lay more eggs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | would | the mothers | more eggs | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | **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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