--- title: What would probably have happened if the asteroid had missed Earth 6… — Deep time and the story of life · tree and pragmatics description: What would probably have happened if the asteroid had missed Earth 66 million years ago? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Deep time and the story of life» of the geography 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/geography/58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life/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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Deep time and the story of life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · Deep time and the story of life What would probably have happened if the asteroid had missed Earth 66 million years ago? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, miss · **To what, where:** asteroid This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Deep time and the story of life» of the geography 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/geography/58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t6:1 # text = What would probably have happened if the asteroid had missed Earth 66 million years ago? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 asteroid asteroid NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 missed miss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 11 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 66 66 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 compound _ _ 13 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 ago ago ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would · perfect | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **miss** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the asteroid | | | | ago *property* | tree rules | 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} Humans would have appeared 66 million years earlier for sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t6:o1:1 # text = Humans would have appeared 66 million years earlier for sure 1 Humans human NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 appeared appear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 66 66 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 compound _ _ 6 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | would · perfect | Humans | | | | | for sure; early *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The Earth would have stopped spinning ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t6:o2:1 # text = The Earth would have stopped spinning 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would · perfect | the Earth | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **spin** | gerund | the Earth *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Non-bird dinosaurs might have stayed dominant and mammals stayed smaller ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t6:o3:1 # text = Non-bird dinosaurs might have stayed dominant and mammals stayed smaller 1 Non-bird non-bird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 dominant dominant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | might · perfect | Non-bird dinosaurs | | | | | dominant *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | past | mammals | | | | | small *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Plants would never have reached land ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life:t6:o4:1 # text = Plants would never have reached land 1 Plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **reach** | would · perfect · passive | | Plants | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary land=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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