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title: «Dory's blue so the yellow one at the aquarium can't be a blue tang,… — Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea tur… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 5 · Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea turtles and reef creatu…

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«Dory's blue so the yellow one at the aquarium can't be a blue tang, duh» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dory, yellow one · **What happens:** be, not be · **To what, where:** blue tang · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 133 «Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea turtles and reef creatures» 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/133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t5:1
# text = «Dory's blue so the yellow one at the aquarium can't be a blue tang, duh» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Dory	Dory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	tang	tang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Dory |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | can | the yellow one at the aquarium | a blue tang |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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It must be a sick blue tang

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t5:o1:1
# text = It must be a sick blue tang
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tang	tang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must | It | a sick blue tang |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yellow means it is a clownfish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t5:o2:1
# text = Yellow means it is a clownfish
1	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Yellow |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a clownfish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Young blue tangs are bright yellow before they turn blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t5:o3:1
# text = Young blue tangs are bright yellow before they turn blue
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tangs	tang	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Young blue tangs |  |  |  |  | yellow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | present | tangs *= tang* |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Right, blue tangs are bright blue from the day they hatch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t5:o4:1
# text = Right, blue tangs are bright blue from the day they hatch
1	Right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tangs	tang	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hatch	hatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Right blue tangs |  |  |  | day | blue *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hatch** | present | tangs *= tang* | the day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent day=Product |

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