--- title: What would happen if the leafcutters' fungus garden died? — The insect house: ants, stick insects,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if the leafcutters' fungus garden died? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 97 «The insect house: ants, stick insects, tarantulas and scorpions» 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/97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions/t9/) [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 insect house: ants, stick insects,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The insect house: ants, stick insects, tarantulas and scor… What would happen if the leafcutters' fungus garden died? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fungus garden · **What happens:** happen, die This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 97 «The insect house: ants, stick insects, tarantulas and scorpions» 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/97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:t9:1 # text = What would happen if the leafcutters' fungus garden died? 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 _ 10 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 leafcutters leafcutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 fungus fungus NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? 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 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the leafcutters's fungus garden | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 {#o1} The ants would eat the leaves instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:t9:o1:1 # text = The ants would eat the leaves instead 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ants ant 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | the ants | the leaves | | | | instead *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The queen would grow a new fungus from her wings ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:t9:o2:1 # text = The queen would grow a new fungus from her wings 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fungus fungus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | the queen | a new fungus | | queen's wings | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent fungus=Product from wing=Material | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, ants do not need food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:t9:o3:1 # text = Nothing, ants do not need food 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | Nothing ants | food | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The colony would lose its food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions:t9:o4:1 # text = The colony would lose its food 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 colony colony NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | the colony | colony's food | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Eventuality | **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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