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title: What would happen if a vaquita and a tiger both lost the same number… — Endangered animals and extinction · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a vaquita and a tiger both lost the same number of animals? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Endangered animals and extinction

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What would happen if a vaquita and a tiger both lost the same number of animals?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, lose · **To what, where:** vaquita, same number

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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/77-endangered-animals-and-extinction/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t5:1
# text = What would happen if a vaquita and a tiger both lost the same number of animals?
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	_	6	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vaquita	vaquita	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc:preconj	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  | a vaquita and a tiger |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | past |  | the same number of animals |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Eventuality |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both would be equally safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t5:o1:1
# text = Both would be equally safe
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Both |  |  |  |  | equally, safe *property* | tree rules |

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

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The vaquita, with only about 10 left, would be closer to extinction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t5:o2:1
# text = The vaquita, with only about 10 left, would be closer to extinction
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vaquita	vaquita	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | 10 | the vaquita *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vaquita=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | would | the vaquita |  |  |  |  | to extinction; close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither, because both live everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t5:o3:1
# text = Neither, because both live everywhere
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | both |  |  |  |  | everywhere, neither *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tiger would be in more danger, as it is bigger and needs more food

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:77-endangered-animals-and-extinction:t5:o4:1
# text = The tiger would be in more danger, as it is bigger and needs more food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
15	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | the tiger |  |  | more danger |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | tiger |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **need** | present | tiger *not said here* | more food |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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