Test 5 · ★ · Madagascar: chameleons, leaf-tailed geckos, tenrecs, baoba…

What would happen if the long-tongued moth died out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tongued moth · What happens: happen, die out

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 164 «Madagascar: chameleons, leaf-tailed geckos, tenrecs, baobabs and a moth Darwin predicted» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 died	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moth	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tongued	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 long	punct
8	tongued	tongued	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 moth	amod
9	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 died	nsubj
10	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 died	compound:prt
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	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 out a condition, not said to happen	past	the tongued moth						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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The orchid would simply grow a much shorter tube the very next day, so other insects could reach the nectar

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 orchid	det
2	orchid	orchid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grow	aux
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 grow	advmod
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tube	det
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 shorter	advmod
8	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 tube	amod
9	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 next	advmod
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	obl:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 reach	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	19 reach	advmod
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 insects	amod
17	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 reach	nsubj
18	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 reach	aux
19	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 grow	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 nectar	det
21	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would	the orchid	a shorter tube			day	simply property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tube=Theme
2	reach	could	other insects	the nectar					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The star orchid could lose the only animal that can reach its nectar and carry its pollen

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 orchid	det
2	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 orchid	compound
3	orchid	orchid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lose	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lose	aux
5	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
7	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animal	amod
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lose	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 reach	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 reach	aux
11	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 animal	acl:relcl
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 nectar	nmod:poss
13	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reach	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 carry	cc
15	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 reach	conj
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 pollen	nmod:poss
17	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lose	could	the star orchid	the only animal	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Eventuality
2	reach	can	the only animal	orchid's nectar	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme
3	carry	infinitive	the only animal not said here	orchid's pollen	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme

Option 3

Other insects would fill the tube with nectar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 insects	amod
2	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fill	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fill	aux
4	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tube	det
6	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 nectar	case
8	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	would	Other insects	the tube				with nectar	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tube=Patient with nectar=Instrument

Option 4

Nothing, orchids need no animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 need	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	orchids	orchid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 animals	det
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	orchids	no animals				Nothing vocative	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot animal=Theme

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