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title: «we're on the pier with chips, gull's staring at me» What is true? — Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «we're on the pier with chips, gull's staring at me» What is true? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 134 «Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls» 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 11 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls

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«we're on the pier with chips, gull's staring at me» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, gull · **What happens:** be, stare · **To what, where:** pier · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 134 «Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls» 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/134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t11:1
# text = «we're on the pier with chips, gull's staring at me» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pier	pier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	gull	gull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  | the pier |  | with chips | tree rules |
| 2 | **stare** *in a quote* | present · progressive | gull |  |  |  |  | at me | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *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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Gulls are scared of people with chips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t11:o1:1
# text = Gulls are scared of people with chips
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Gulls |  |  |  |  | of people with chips; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Gulls are more likely to grab food you are holding or looking at

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t11:o2:1
# text = Gulls are more likely to grab food you are holding or looking at
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Gulls |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** | to-infinitive | Gulls *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 3 | **hold** | present · progressive | you | food *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 4 | **look** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gulls eat only fish, so they will leave your chips alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t11:o3:1
# text = Gulls eat only fish, so they will leave your chips alone
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Gulls | fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | future | Gulls *= gull* | your chips |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gulls cannot see what you hold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t11:o4:1
# text = Gulls cannot see what you hold
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | Gulls |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hold** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

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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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