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title: «whale shark in a tank, sounds sick» What do critics say? — Famous zoos in the USA and the UK · tree and pragmatics
description: «whale shark in a tank, sounds sick» What do critics say? Test 5 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» 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 right.
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# Test 5 · Famous zoos in the USA and the UK

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«whale shark in a tank, sounds sick» What do critics say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whale shark, critics · **What happens:** sound, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 116 «Famous zoos in the USA and the UK» 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/116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t5:1
# text = «whale shark in a tank, sounds sick» What do critics say?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	critics	critic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | whale shark in a tank |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | critics |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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Whale sharks can live without water for days, so they do not need a tank at all

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t5:o1:1
# text = Whale sharks can live without water for days, so they do not need a tank at all
1	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | can | Whale sharks |  |  |  | day | without water | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | sharks *= shark* | a tank |  | all |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tank=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whale sharks are only a few centimetres long, so any tank is far too big for them

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t5:o2:1
# text = Whale sharks are only a few centimetres long, so any tank is far too big for them
1	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Whale sharks |  |  |  |  | a few centimetres *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | any tank |  |  |  |  | for sharks *= shark*; big, far *property* | tree rules |

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

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Even a huge tank may be too small for an animal that swims across oceans

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t5:o3:1
# text = Even a huge tank may be too small for an animal that swims across oceans
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | a huge tank |  |  |  |  | for a animal; small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **swim** | present | a animal |  |  | oceans |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across ocean=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whale sharks prefer small tanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:116-famous-zoos-in-the-usa-and-the-uk:t5:o4:1
# text = Whale sharks prefer small tanks
1	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prefer	prefer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tanks	tank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | Whale sharks | small tanks |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tank=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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