--- title: Why might a goldfish keep gulping at the surface? — Myth check: do goldfish have a three-s… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a goldfish keep gulping at the surface? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 152 «Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory?» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Myth check: do goldfish have a three-s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory? Why might a goldfish keep gulping at the surface? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goldfish · **What happens:** keep, gulp · **To what, where:** surface This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 152 «Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory?» 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/152-goldfish-memory/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t11:1 # text = Why might a goldfish keep gulping at the surface? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 gulping gulp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | might | a goldfish | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gulp** | gerund | a goldfish *not said here* | | | the surface | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} It wants to jump out of the water and fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t11:o1:1 # text = It wants to jump out of the water and fly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **jump out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the water | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Trajectory | | 3 | **fly** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is very happy and wants to play ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t11:o2:1 # text = It is very happy and wants to play 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is trying to drink the air for fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t11:o3:1 # text = It is trying to drink the air for fun 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | It | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **drink** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the air | | | | for fun | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The water may be short of oxygen ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t11:o4:1 # text = The water may be short of oxygen 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | the water | | | | | of oxygen; short *property* | tree rules | **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. 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