--- title: What would have happened if the sea cows had been protected in 1741? — Giants people saw: Steller's sea cow,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would have happened if the sea cows had been protected in 1741? Test 6 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 option; --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · Giants people saw: Steller's sea cow, Haast's eagle, giant… What would have happened if the sea cows had been protected in 1741? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, protect · **To what, where:** sea cows, 1741 This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t6:1 # text = What would have happened if the sea cows had been protected in 1741? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 1741 1741 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **protect** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the sea cows | | 1741 | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They might still be alive today ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t6:o1:1 # text = They might still be alive today 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | might | They | | | | still; today | alive *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would have flown away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t6:o2:1 # text = They would have flown away 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 flown fly VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | would · perfect · passive | | They | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing could have saved them anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t6:o3:1 # text = Nothing could have saved them anyway 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | could · perfect · passive | | Nothing | | | | anyway *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They would have turned into whales ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:386-giants-people-saw-steller-s-sea-cow-haast-s-eagle-giant-lemurs-and-elephant-birds:t6:o4:1 # text = They would have turned into whales 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 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would · perfect | They | | | | | into whales *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into whale=Result | **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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