--- title: What would happen if a swarm of desert locusts landed on a farm? — Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a swarm of desert locusts landed on a farm? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» 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 wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/t11/) [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/) / [Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshop… What would happen if a swarm of desert locusts landed on a farm? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** swarm · **What happens:** happen, land · **To what, where:** farm This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» 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/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t11:1 # text = What would happen if a swarm of desert locusts landed on 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 _ 10 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 locusts locust NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? 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 | **land** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a swarm of desert locusts | | | a farm | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on farm=Destination | 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} It would pollinate the crops and make them grow better ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t11:o1:1 # text = It would pollinate the crops and make them grow better 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pollinate pollinate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pollinate** | would | It | the crops | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | | crops *= crop* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | infinitive | crops *= crop* *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would only eat the weeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t11:o2:1 # text = It would only eat the weeds 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 weeds weed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | It | the weeds | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weed=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It could eat the crops in a very short time ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t11:o3:1 # text = It could eat the crops in a very short time 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | could | It | the crops | | | time | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would help the crops grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t11:o4:1 # text = It would help the crops grow 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | would | It | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | present | the crops | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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