--- title: What would happen if all the snakes vanished from a farm? — Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mamb… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if all the snakes vanished from a farm? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 322 «Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattlesnakes» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/t9/) [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/) / [Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mamb…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattl… What would happen if all the snakes vanished from a farm? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snakes · **What happens:** happen, vanish · **To what, where:** farm This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 322 «Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattlesnakes» 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/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t9:1 # text = What would happen if all the snakes vanished from a farm? 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 _ 8 mark _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? 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 | **vanish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | all snakes | | | a farm | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from farm=Initial\_Location | 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} Crops would grow twice as fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t9:o1:1 # text = Crops would grow twice as fast 1 Crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | Crops | | | | | fast, twice *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Rats might grow in number and spoil more grain ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t9:o2:1 # text = Rats might grow in number and spoil more grain 1 Rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | might | Rats | | | number | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location | | 2 | **spoil** | infinitive | Rats *not said here* | more grain | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing at all would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t9:o3:1 # text = Nothing at all would change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} All the rats would leave too, because rats follow the snakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes:t9:o4:1 # text = All the rats would leave too, because rats follow the snakes 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | would | all rats | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | present | rats | the snakes | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme | **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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