--- title: Why are big, slow animals often the first to vanish when things chan… — Giants people saw: Steller's sea cow,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why are big, slow animals often the first to vanish when things change? Test 10 of lesson 386 «Giants people saw: Steller's sea cow, Haast's eagle, giant lemurs and elephant birds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds/t10/) [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/) / [Giants people saw: Steller's sea cow,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds/) / t10 # Test 10 · Giants people saw: Steller's sea cow, Haast's eagle, giant… Why are big, slow animals often the first to vanish when things change? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** things · **What happens:** be, vanish, change This is test 10 of lesson 386 «Giants people saw: Steller's sea cow, Haast's eagle, giant lemurs and elephant birds» 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/386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t10:1 # text = Why are big, slow animals often the first to vanish when things change? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 13 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **vanish** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **change** | present | things | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} They are invisible to hunters ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t10:o1:1 # text = They are invisible to hunters 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | to hunters; invisible *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They live too long, so they get old and tired and stop eating ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t10:o2:1 # text = They live too long, so they get old and tired and stop eating 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | They | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | they | | | | | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stop** | present | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **eat** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They have few babies and cannot escape or recover fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t10:o3:1 # text = They have few babies and cannot escape or recover fast 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 11 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | few babies | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient | | 2 | **not** **escape** | can | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **recover** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They eat too little ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t10:o4:1 # text = They eat too little 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | They | little | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient | **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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