--- title: A goldfish in a science video swims through a maze faster each day.… — Myth check: do goldfish have a three-s… · tree and pragmatics description: A goldfish in a science video swims through a maze faster each day. What does that show? Test 9 · ★ 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 c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/152-goldfish-memory/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory? A goldfish in a science video swims through a maze faster each day. What does that show? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goldfish, that · **What happens:** swim, show · **To what, where:** maze This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A goldfish in a science video swims through a maze faster each day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t9:1 # text = A goldfish in a science video swims through a maze faster each day. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 maze maze NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present | a goldfish in a science video | | | a maze | day | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through maze=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does that show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t9:2 # text = What does that show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | that | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Fish swim faster when tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t9:o1:1 # text = Fish swim faster when tired 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present | Fish | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It remembers the way from earlier tries ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t9:o2:1 # text = It remembers the way from earlier tries 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remembers remember VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 tries try NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | present | It | the way | | earlier tries | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The maze gets shorter each day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t9:o3:1 # text = The maze gets shorter each day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maze maze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the maze | | | | day | short *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is just lucky every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:152-goldfish-memory:t9:o4:1 # text = It is just lucky every day 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 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | day | lucky *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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