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# Test 2 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones

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«Marlin lost his wife so he's Nemo's dad forever, right» What would happen in real clownfish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Marlin · **What happens:** lose, be, happen · **To what, where:** wife, dad

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 132 «Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones» 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/132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:t2:1
# text = «Marlin lost his wife so he's Nemo's dad forever, right» What would happen in real clownfish?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Marlin	Marlin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | Marlin | Marlin's wife |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Marlin | Nemo's dad |  |  |  | forever *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | in real clownfish | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in clownfish=Location |

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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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Marlin would stay a male and find a new wife far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:t2:o1:1
# text = Marlin would stay a male and find a new wife far away
1	Marlin	marlin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would | Marlin | a male |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme male=Location |
| 2 | **find** | infinitive | Marlin *not said here* | a new wife |  |  |  | away *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Marlin would leave the anemone for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:t2:o2:1
# text = Marlin would leave the anemone for ever
1	Marlin	marlin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would | Marlin | the anemone |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anemone=Theme for ever=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nemo would turn into the mother at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:t2:o3:1
# text = Nemo would turn into the mother at once
1	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | Nemo |  |  |  |  | into the mother | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into mother=Source at once=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Marlin would turn into a female and become the mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:t2:o4:1
# text = Marlin would turn into a female and become the mother
1	Marlin	marlin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | Marlin |  |  | a female |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into female=Trajectory |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive | Marlin *not said here* | the mother |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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