--- title: What would happen if a fish really forgot everything every three sec… — Myth check: do goldfish have a three-s… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a fish really forgot everything every three seconds? Test 5 · ★ 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 wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory? What would happen if a fish really forgot everything every three seconds? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** happen, forget · **To what, where:** everything This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t5:1 # text = What would happen if a fish really forgot everything every three seconds? 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 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 obj _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **forget** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a fish | everything | | | second | | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It would get cleverer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t5:o1:1 # text = It would get cleverer 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 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 cleverer clever ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | It | | | | | clever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It could not learn where food or danger is and would soon die in the wild ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t5:o2:1 # text = It could not learn where food or danger is and would soon die in the wild 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 ccomp _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **learn** | could | It | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | food or danger | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | would | | | | | | in the wild; soon *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in wild=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would live much longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t5:o3:1 # text = It would live much longer 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 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | would | It | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing would change for it, because fish live on luck rather than memory ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t5:o4:1 # text = Nothing would change for it, because fish live on luck rather than memory 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 14 cc _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | for it | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **live** | present | fish | | | luck | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on luck=Location | **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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