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title: What would a steppe need before a big grazer like the saiga could re… — Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, g… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would a steppe need before a big grazer like the saiga could return? Test 11 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 11 · Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and As…

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What would a steppe need before a big grazer like the saiga could return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** steppe need · **What happens:** return

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This is test 11 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» 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/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t11:1
# text = What would a steppe need before a big grazer like the saiga could return?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	grazer	grazer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	saiga	saiga	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | could | a steppe need before a big grazer like the saiga |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Big protected grassland with no hunting or ploughing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t11:o1:1
# text = Big protected grassland with no hunting or ploughing
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	grassland	grassland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	ploughing	ploughing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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More wheat fields and roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t11:o2:1
# text = More wheat fields and roads
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
2	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tall forests to hide in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t11:o3:1
# text = Tall forests to hide in
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lots of zoos close by, so sick saigas can be taken in quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t11:o4:1
# text = Lots of zoos close by, so sick saigas can be taken in quickly
1	Lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	saigas	saiga	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take in** | can · passive |  | Lots of zoos and sick saigas |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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