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title: What would happen to a monkey troop if its forest were cut into smal… — China's mountains: golden snub-nosed m… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to a monkey troop if its forest were cut into small islands? Test 9 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 9 · China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-…

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What would happen to a monkey troop if its forest were cut into small islands?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, cut · **To what, where:** forest, small islands

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This is test 9 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» 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/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t9:1
# text = What would happen to a monkey troop if its forest were cut into small islands?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to a monkey troop | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | troop's forest |  | small islands |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into island=Product |

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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 {#o1}

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It would move into houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t9:o1:1
# text = It would move into houses
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	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | would | It |  |  | houses |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into house=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It would go hungry, with no way to reach other forests or new mates

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t9:o2:1
# text = It would go hungry, with no way to reach other forests or new mates
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	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | would | It |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | other forests or new mates |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent forest=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, monkeys need little space and can live happily in a few trees for ever

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t9:o3:1
# text = Nothing, monkeys need little space and can live happily in a few trees for ever
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | monkeys | little space |  |  |  | Nothing *vocative* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot space=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | can | monkeys *not said here* |  |  | a few trees |  | happily *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would grow bigger and stronger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:t9:o4:1
# text = It would grow bigger and stronger
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	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | It |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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