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description: If the oceans near the equator became much colder, what would most likely happen? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 68 «Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 8 · ★ · Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes

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If the oceans near the equator became much colder, what would most likely happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oceans · **What happens:** become, happen

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 68 «Storms: thunder, lightning, hurricanes and tornadoes» of the world 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/world/68-storms-and-wild-winds/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:t8:1
# text = If the oceans near the equator became much colder, what would most likely happen?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the oceans near the equator |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Hurricanes would move to the poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:t8:o1:1
# text = Hurricanes would move to the poles
1	Hurricanes	hurricane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | would | Hurricanes |  |  | the poles |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to pole=Trajectory |

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

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Fewer and weaker hurricanes would form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:t8:o2:1
# text = Fewer and weaker hurricanes would form
1	Fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
4	hurricanes	hurricane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | would | Fewer hurricanes |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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More and stronger hurricanes would form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:t8:o3:1
# text = More and stronger hurricanes would form
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
4	hurricanes	hurricane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | would | More hurricanes |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tornadoes would turn into hurricanes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:68-storms-and-wild-winds:t8:o4:1
# text = Tornadoes would turn into hurricanes
1	Tornadoes	tornado	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hurricanes	hurricane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | Tornadoes |  |  | hurricanes |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into hurricane=Trajectory |

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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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