--- title: An electric eel leaps out at a hand. Why jump instead of staying in… — Amazon giants and tall tales: anaconda… · tree and pragmatics description: An electric eel leaps out at a hand. Why jump instead of staying in the water? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/t8/) [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/) / [Amazon giants and tall tales: anaconda…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric… An electric eel leaps out at a hand. Why jump instead of staying in the water? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** electric eel, you · **What happens:** leap out, jump, stay · **To what, where:** hand, water This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 158 «Amazon giants and tall tales: anacondas, caimans, electric eels and the candiru» 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/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An electric eel leaps out at a hand. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t8:1 # text = An electric eel leaps out at a hand. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 eel eel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 leaps leap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap out** | present | a electric eel | | | a hand | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hand=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:* Why jump instead of staying in the water? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t8:2 # text = Why jump instead of staying in the water? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 jump jump VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 5 mark _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It needs to dry its skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t8:o1:1 # text = It needs to dry its skin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **dry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | its skin | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient skin=Result | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Out of water the shock goes straight into the hand instead of spreading out ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t8:o2:1 # text = Out of water the shock goes straight into the hand instead of spreading out 1 Out out ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 straight straight ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 13 mark _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 spreading spread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the shock | | | water | | into the hand | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme out water=Initial\_Location into hand=Destination | | 2 | **spread out** | gerund | the shock *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It wants to bite the hand, because electric eels attack anything that lifts them out of the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t8:o3:1 # text = It wants to bite the hand, because electric eels attack anything that lifts them out of the water 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 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 eels eel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 attack attack VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 lifts lift VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 out out ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **bite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the hand | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 3 | **attack** | present | electric eels | anything | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 4 | **lift** | present | | eels *= eel* | | the water | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme out water=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is trying to fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales:t8:o4:1 # text = It is trying to fly 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 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **fly** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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