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title: In Finding Dory, the sea lions push a friend off their rock and bark… — Sea lions, seals and otters · tree and pragmatics
description: In Finding Dory, the sea lions push a friend off their rock and bark "Off! Off!". Which part is true to life? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Sea lions, seals and otters

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In Finding Dory, the sea lions push a friend off their rock and bark "Off! Off!". Which part is true to life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sea lions, part · **What happens:** push, be · **To what, where:** friend, Finding Dory

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» 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/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Finding Dory, the sea lions push a friend off their rock and bark "Off!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t3:1
# text = In Finding Dory, the sea lions push a friend off their rock and bark "Off!
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Finding	Finding	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Dory	Dory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Off	off	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | the sea lions | a friend |  | Finding Dory |  | off lions's rock and bark | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent friend=Theme in dory=Trajectory |

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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:* Off!".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t3:2
# text = Off!".
1	Off	off	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Which part is true to life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t3:3
# text = Which part is true to life?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which part |  |  |  |  | to life; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real sea lions speak English words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t3:o1:1
# text = Real sea lions speak English words
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Real sea lions | English words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real sea lions live alone, each on its own single rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t3:o2:1
# text = Real sea lions live alone, each on its own single rock
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Real sea lions | each |  | its own single rock |  | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |

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

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Real sea lions squabble loudly over the best resting spots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t3:o3:1
# text = Real sea lions squabble loudly over the best resting spots
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	squabble	squabble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
9	resting	resting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squabble** | present | Real sea lions |  |  |  |  | over the best resting spots; loudly *property* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over spot=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real sea lions never make any sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t3:o4:1
# text = Real sea lions never make any sound
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | present | Real sea lions | any sound |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product |

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