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title: The school pond is going to have goldfish put in it, and great crest… — Rivers, lakes and ponds · tree and pragmatics
description: The school pond is going to have goldfish put in it, and great crested newts live there. What is the cleverest worry? Test 6 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Rivers, lakes and ponds

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The school pond is going to have goldfish put in it, and great crested newts live there. What is the cleverest worry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** school pond, goldfish, great crested newts, cleverest worry · **What happens:** go, have, put, live, be · **To what, where:** goldfish, pond

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The school pond is going to have goldfish put in it, and great crested newts live there.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t6:1
# text = The school pond is going to have goldfish put in it, and great crested newts live there.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	crested	crested	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	newts	newt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
18	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | the school pond |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the school pond *not said here* | goldfish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put** | participle | goldfish *not said here* |  |  | pond |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in it=Destination |
| 4 | **live** | present | great crested newts |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the cleverest worry?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t6:2
# text = What is the cleverest worry?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cleverest	clever	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the cleverest worry |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Fish eat newt eggs and larvae, so the newts may disappear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t6:o1:1
# text = Fish eat newt eggs and larvae, so the newts may disappear
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	newt	newt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	larvae	larva	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	newts	newt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	disappear	disappear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Fish | newt eggs and larvae |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |
| 2 | **disappear** | may | the newts |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The goldfish will all be eaten by the hungry newts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t6:o2:1
# text = The goldfish will all be eaten by the hungry newts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	newts	newt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | future · passive | the hungry newts | the goldfish |  |  |  | all *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The newts will turn orange

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t6:o3:1
# text = The newts will turn orange
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	newts	newt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	orange	orange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | future | the newts | orange |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent orange=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pond will freeze faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t6:o4:1
# text = The pond will freeze faster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | future | the pond |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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