--- title: What would happen if you rubbed all the scales off a butterfly's wing? — Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you rubbed all the scales off a butterfly's wing? Test 3 · ★ 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 wa --- [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/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/) / [Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshop… What would happen if you rubbed all the scales off a butterfly's wing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, rub · **To what, where:** scales, wing This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t3:1 # text = What would happen if you rubbed all the scales off a butterfly's wing? 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 _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 off off ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? 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 | **rub** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | all scales | | a butterfly's wing | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent scale=Theme off wing=Source | 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} It would grow a full set of new scales within a minute or two ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t3:o1:1 # text = It would grow a full set of new scales within a minute or two 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 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 within within ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | It | a full set of new scales | | | minute | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location set=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It would fly faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t3:o2:1 # text = It would fly faster 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 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | would | It | | | | | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, the scales are just dirt ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t3:o3:1 # text = Nothing, the scales are just dirt 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the scales | dirt | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It would lose its colours and patterns ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:t3:o4:1 # text = It would lose its colours and patterns 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 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 patterns pattern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | It | its colours and patterns | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Eventuality | **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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