--- title: What would happen if a river stopped carrying mud to its mouth? — Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelican… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a river stopped carrying mud to its mouth? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 374 «Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphins, sturgeon and gobies» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies/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/) / [Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelican…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphin… What would happen if a river stopped carrying mud to its mouth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** river · **What happens:** happen, stop, carry · **To what, where:** mud, mouth This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 374 «Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphins, sturgeon and gobies» 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/374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t11:1 # text = What would happen if a river stopped carrying mud to its mouth? 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? 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 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a river | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | a river *not said here* | mud | | river's mouth | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mud=Theme to mouth=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The delta would stop building new land into the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t11:o1:1 # text = The delta would stop building new land into the sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 delta delta NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 building build VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | the delta | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **build** | gerund | the delta *not said here* | new land | | the sea | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent land=Material into sea=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} The sea around it would slowly turn into fresh water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t11:o2:1 # text = The sea around it would slowly turn into fresh water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 around around ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | sea | the sea *not said here* | | fresh water | | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sea=Theme into water=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} The delta would grow faster than ever before ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t11:o3:1 # text = The delta would grow faster than ever before 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 delta delta NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 advmod _ _ 8 before before ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | the delta | | | | | before, fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The river would flow uphill ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t11:o4:1 # text = The river would flow uphill 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 uphill uphill ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | would | the river | | | | | uphill *property* | 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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