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title: «piranhas eat a whole cow in like 5 seconds, seen it in a cartoon» W… — Rivers, lakes and ponds · tree and pragmatics
description: «piranhas eat a whole cow in like 5 seconds, seen it in a cartoon» What is right? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Rivers, lakes and ponds» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Rivers, lakes and ponds

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«piranhas eat a whole cow in like 5 seconds, seen it in a cartoon» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** piranhas, 5 seconds · **What happens:** eat, see, be · **To what, where:** whole cow, it, cartoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Rivers, lakes and ponds» 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/10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t1:1
# text = «piranhas eat a whole cow in like 5 seconds, seen it in a cartoon» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	_
9	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | piranhas | a whole cow |  |  | second |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | participle | 5 seconds *not said here* | it |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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True, but only in the zoo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t1:o1:1
# text = True, but only in the zoo
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A myth: piranhas have no teeth at all, so they could never bite through a cow's skin

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t1:o2:1
# text = A myth: piranhas have no teeth at all, so they could never bite through a cow's skin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | piranhas | no teeth |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **bite** | could | piranhas *= piranha* |  |  | a cow's skin |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent through skin=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
True: they hunt cows every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t1:o3:1
# text = True: they hunt cows every day
1	True	true	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | True | cows |  |  | day |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A myth: they mostly eat insects, fish, worms and plants, and attacks are rare

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t1:o4:1
# text = A myth: they mostly eat insects, fish, worms and plants, and attacks are rare
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | they | insects and fish and worms and plants |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | attacks |  |  |  |  | rare *property* | tree rules |

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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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