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description: What would happen to a small fish that swims up to an anglerfish's light? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls

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What would happen to a small fish that swims up to an anglerfish's light?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** small fish, anglerfish · **What happens:** happen, swim up, light · **To what, where:** light

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t8:1
# text = What would happen to a small fish that swims up to an anglerfish's light?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to a small fish | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **swim up** | present | a small fish |  |  | a anglerfish's light |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to light=Destination |
| 3 | **light** |  | a anglerfish |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 would be warmed by the glowing light and then swim off safely home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t8:o1:1
# text = It would be warmed by the glowing light and then swim off safely home
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	warmed	warm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | would · passive | the glowing light | It |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **swim off** | infinitive | the glowing light *not said here* |  |  |  | then | home, safely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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It would likely be grabbed, with inward teeth stopping its escape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t8:o2:1
# text = It would likely be grabbed, with inward teeth stopping its escape
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	inward	inward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	acl	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | would · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with inward teeth; likely *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | gerund | inward teeth *not said here* | its escape |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality escape=Eventuality |
| 3 | **escape** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would make friends with the anglerfish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t8:o3:1
# text = It would make friends with the anglerfish
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | It | friends |  |  |  | with the anglerfish | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material friend=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would be shown the way home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:t8:o4:1
# text = It would be shown the way home
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | would · passive |  | It |  |  |  | the way *obl:unmarked*; home *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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