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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Rivers, lakes and ponds

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«shut up, the salmon don't eat anything going up the river? how'd they jump then» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, salmon · **What happens:** shut up, not eat, go up, jump, be · **To what, where:** anything, river, best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t7:1
# text = «shut up, the salmon don't eat anything going up the river? how'd they jump then» Which is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'd	'd	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
20	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
22	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	26	amod	_	_
26	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the salmon | anything |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
| 3 | **go up** *in a quote* | gerund |  | the river |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient river=Extent |
| 4 | **jump** *in a quote* | present | salmon |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the best answer |  |  | then |  | 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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They eat flies while jumping high out of the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t7:o1:1
# text = They eat flies while jumping high out of the water
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | They | flies |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Patient |
| 2 | **jump** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  | the water |  | high *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out water=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They take food from fishermen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t7:o2:1
# text = They take food from fishermen
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | They | food |  | fishermen |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent food=Theme from fisherman=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They live on the fat and strength they built up at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t7:o3:1
# text = They live on the fat and strength they built up at sea
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | They |  |  | the fat and strength |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fat=Location |
| 2 | **build up** | past | fat | the fat and strength *not said here* |  | sea |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer fat=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They eat waterfall rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:10-rivers-lakes-and-ponds:t7:o4:1
# text = They eat waterfall rocks
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | They | waterfall rocks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient |

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