--- title: What would happen if the reptile house heaters broke on a cold night? — The reptile house: snakes · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if the reptile house heaters broke on a cold night? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 87 «The reptile house: snakes» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/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/) / [The reptile house: snakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The reptile house: snakes What would happen if the reptile house heaters broke on a cold night? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** house heaters · **What happens:** happen, break This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 87 «The reptile house: snakes» 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/87-reptile-house-snakes/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t6:1 # text = What would happen if the reptile house heaters broke on a cold night? 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 _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reptile reptile NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 heaters heater NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | house heaters | | | | night | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The snakes would get slow and could not digest food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t6:o1:1 # text = The snakes would get slow and could not digest food 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 digest digest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | the snakes | | | | | slow *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **digest** | could | the snakes *not said here* | food | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The snakes would shed at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t6:o2:1 # text = The snakes would shed at once 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 shed shed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shed** | would | the snakes | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} The snakes would warm themselves up by shivering, like we do ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t6:o3:1 # text = The snakes would warm themselves up by shivering, like we do 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 shivering shiver VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warm up** | would | the snakes | snakes *= snake* | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 2 | **shiver** | gerund | the snakes *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **do** | present | we | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, snakes make their own heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:87-reptile-house-snakes:t6:o4:1 # text = Nothing, snakes make their own heat 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Nothing snakes | snakes's own heat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Product | | 2 | **heat** | | snakes *= snake* | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | **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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