--- title: What would happen to whales, seals and penguins if the Antarctic kri… — Antarctica: penguins, seals and the co… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to whales, seals and penguins if the Antarctic krill disappeared? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Antarctica: penguins, seals and the coldest place on Earth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/7-antarctica/t3/) [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/) / [Antarctica: penguins, seals and the co…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/7-antarctica/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Antarctica: penguins, seals and the coldest place on Earth What would happen to whales, seals and penguins if the Antarctic krill disappeared? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Antarctic krill · **What happens:** happen, disappear This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Antarctica: penguins, seals and the coldest place on Earth» 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/7-antarctica/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:7-antarctica:t3:1 # text = What would happen to whales, seals and penguins if the Antarctic krill 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 _ 5 case _ _ 5 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 penguins penguin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Antarctic antarctic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 krill krill NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to whales and seals and penguins | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **disappear** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | the Antarctic krill | | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, they eat only big fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:7-antarctica:t3:o1:1 # text = Nothing, they eat only big fish 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | they | big fish | | | | Nothing *vocative* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would all swim north and move to the Arctic, where there is more food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:7-antarctica:t3:o2:1 # text = They would all swim north and move to the Arctic, where there is more food 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 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 north north ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Arctic Arctic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 amod _ _ 16 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | would | They | | | | | all, north *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **move** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | to the Arctic *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to arctic=Result | | 3 | **be** | present | more food | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They would eat ice instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:7-antarctica:t3:o3:1 # text = They would eat ice instead 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 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | They | ice | | | | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Many would starve, because krill are their main food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:7-antarctica:t3:o4:1 # text = Many would starve, because krill are their main food 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 krill krill NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** | would | Many | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | krill | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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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