--- title: Why does a whistle work faster than giving the fish straight away? — Sea lions, seals and otters · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a whistle work faster than giving the fish straight away? Test 6 · ★★★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · Sea lions, seals and otters Why does a whistle work faster than giving the fish straight away? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, give · **To what, where:** whistle work, fish This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t6:1 # text = Why does a whistle work faster than giving the fish straight away? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 straight straight ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a whistle work | | | | fast *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 2 | **give** | gerund | | the fish | | | | away *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sea lions hate the taste of fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t6:o1:1 # text = Sea lions hate the taste of fish 1 Sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hate hate 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 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | Sea lions | the taste of fish | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer taste=Stimulus | | 2 | **taste** | | | fish | | | | | nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is much louder than the crowd, so the animal can hear it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t6:o2:1 # text = It is much louder than the crowd, so the animal can hear it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | than the crowd; loud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | can | the animal | crowd | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} The fish would sink too fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t6:o3:1 # text = The fish would sink too fast 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | would | the fish | | | | | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It marks the exact moment the animal got it right ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:t6:o4:1 # text = It marks the exact moment the animal got it right 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 marks mark 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 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 right right ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | present | It | | | | moment | right *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | past | the animal | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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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