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title: «pufferfish are cute, gonna cook one for tea» What is the best answer? — Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea tur… · tree and pragmatics
description: «pufferfish are cute, gonna cook one for tea» What is the best answer? Test 9 of lesson 133 «Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea turtles and reef creatures» 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 ri
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# Test 9 · Finding Nemo: real blue tangs, sea turtles and reef creatu…

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«pufferfish are cute, gonna cook one for tea» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pufferfish, best answer · **What happens:** be, cook · **To what, where:** one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t9:1
# text = «pufferfish are cute, gonna cook one for tea» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pufferfish	pufferfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 | pufferfish |  |  |  |  | cute *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** *in a quote* | infinitive | pufferfish *not said here* | one |  |  |  | for tea | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent one=Product for tea=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Fine, they are completely safe to eat once they have blown up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t9:o1:1
# text = Fine, they are completely safe to eat once they have blown up
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | completely, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **blow up** | present · perfect | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, the poison is only in the spines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t9:o2:1
# text = Fine, the poison is only in the spines
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spines	spine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Fine poison |  |  | the spines |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, if you boil it twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t9:o3:1
# text = Fine, if you boil it twice
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	boil	boil	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | present | you | it |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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

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No, many contain a strong poison; in Japan only trained cooks prepare them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef:t9:o4:1
# text = No, many contain a strong poison; in Japan only trained cooks prepare them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	trained	train	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	cooks	cook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	prepare	prepare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | many | a strong poison |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot poison=Theme |
| 2 | **train** | past | many *not said here* |  |  | Japan |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **prepare** | present | cooks | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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