--- title: What would happen to the steppe eagles if all souslik colonies disap… — Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, g… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to the steppe eagles if all souslik colonies disappeared? Test 8 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 c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/t8/) [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/) / [Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, g…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/) / t8 # Test 8 · Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and As… What would happen to the steppe eagles if all souslik colonies disappeared? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** souslik colonies · **What happens:** happen, disappear This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t8:1 # text = What would happen to the steppe eagles if all souslik colonies disappeared? 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 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 10 souslik souslik NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 colonies colony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to the steppe eagles | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **disappear** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | all souslik colonies | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} Nothing would change for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t8:o1:1 # text = Nothing would change for them 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | for them *= they* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would start eating grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t8:o2:1 # text = They would start eating grass 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | They | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | They *not said here* | grass | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They would lose a main food and disappear too ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t8:o3:1 # text = They would lose a main food and disappear too 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | They | a main food | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Eventuality | | 2 | **disappear** | present | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would be happier with more space ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:t8:o4:1 # text = They would be happier with more space 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | They | | | | | with more space; happy *property* | tree rules | **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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