--- title: What would most likely happen if the keepers stopped feeding the tan… — The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What would most likely happen if the keepers stopped feeding the tank sharks? Test 2 of lesson 91 «The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays/t2/) [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 aquarium: the shark tunnel and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays/) / t2 # Test 2 · The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays What would most likely happen if the keepers stopped feeding the tank sharks? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** keepers · **What happens:** happen, stop, feed · **To what, where:** tank sharks This is test 2 of lesson 91 «The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays» 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/91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t2:1 # text = What would most likely happen if the keepers stopped feeding the tank sharks? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 keepers keeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 feeding feed VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the keepers | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **feed** | gerund | the keepers *not said here* | the tank sharks | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Recipient | 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, sharks never get hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t2:o1:1 # text = Nothing, sharks never get hungry 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** | present | Nothing sharks | | | | | hungry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The hungry sharks would start hunting their tankmates ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t2:o2:1 # text = The hungry sharks would start hunting their tankmates 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 tankmates tankmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | the hungry sharks | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **hunt** | gerund | the hungry sharks *not said here* | sharks's tankmates | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tankmate=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The other fish would eat the sharks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t2:o3:1 # text = The other fish would eat the sharks 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | the other fish | the sharks | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The sharks would eat seaweed instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t2:o4:1 # text = The sharks would eat seaweed instead 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 seaweed seaweed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | the sharks | seaweed | | | | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seaweed=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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