--- title: What would happen to a baby kangaroo if it could not reach the pouch? — Mammals and how they care for their yo… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a baby kangaroo if it could not reach the pouch? Test 5 of lesson 75 «Mammals and how they care for their young» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/75-mammals-and-their-young/t5/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Mammals and how they care for their yo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/75-mammals-and-their-young/) / t5 # Test 5 · Mammals and how they care for their young What would happen to a baby kangaroo if it could not reach the pouch? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kangaroo · **What happens:** happen, not reach · **To what, where:** pouch This is test 5 of lesson 75 «Mammals and how they care for their young» 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/75-mammals-and-their-young/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t5:1 # text = What would happen to a baby kangaroo if it could not reach the pouch? 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 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 kangaroo kangaroo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pouch pouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a baby kangaroo | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **reach** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | kangaroo | the pouch | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent pouch=Theme | 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} It would simply grow up faster outside its mother's body ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t5:o1:1 # text = It would simply grow up faster outside its mother's body 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 simply simply ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 7 outside outside ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | would | It | | | its mother's body | | fast, simply *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside body=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would turn into a different animal ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t5:o2:1 # text = It would turn into a different animal 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | | | into a different animal *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into animal=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Its father would feed it with insects ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t5:o3:1 # text = Its father would feed it with insects 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | would | Its father | it | | | | with insects | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It could not drink milk and would not survive ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:75-mammals-and-their-young:t5:o4:1 # text = It could not drink milk and would not survive 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **drink** | could | It | milk | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient | | 2 | **not** **survive** | would | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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