--- title: A seal is blindfolded in a pool and still catches a fish. How? — Sea lions, seals and otters · tree and pragmatics description: A seal is blindfolded in a pool and still catches a fish. How? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Sea lions, seals and otters](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★★ · Sea lions, seals and otters A seal is blindfolded in a pool and still catches a fish. How? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** blindfold, catch · **To what, where:** seal, pool, fish This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A seal is blindfolded in a pool and still catches a fish. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t5:1 # text = A seal is blindfolded in a pool and still catches a fish. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 blindfolded blindfold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blindfold** | present · passive | | a seal | | a pool | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 2 | **catch** | present | | a fish | | | still | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* How? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t5:2 # text = How? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It hears the fish breathing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t5:o1:1 # text = It hears the fish breathing 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 breathing breathing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | It | the fish breathing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer breathing=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It sees through the blindfold ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t5:o2:1 # text = It sees through the blindfold 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 blindfold blindfold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | It | | | the blindfold | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} It smells the fish from far away through the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t5:o3:1 # text = It smells the fish from far away through the water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smells smell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | present | It | the fish | | | | away *property* | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fish=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Its whiskers follow the swirl the fish left behind ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t5:o4:1 # text = Its whiskers follow the swirl the fish left behind 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 whiskers whisker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 swirl swirl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 behind behind ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present | Its whiskers | the swirl | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent swirl=Theme fish=Attribute | | 2 | **leave behind** | participle | | the fish *not said here* | | | | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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