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description: In a cartoon like Finding Nemo two fish get swallowed and swim around inside a blue whale's mouth. What is real? Test 1 of lesson 171 «The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life under the ice» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 1 · The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life u…

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In a cartoon like Finding Nemo two fish get swallowed and swim around inside a blue whale's mouth. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** swallow, swim around, be · **To what, where:** two fish, cartoon, mouth

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This is test 1 of lesson 171 «The Southern Ocean: blue whales, colossal squid and life under the ice» 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/171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon like Finding Nemo two fish get swallowed and swim around inside a blue whale's mouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t1:1
# text = In a cartoon like Finding Nemo two fish get swallowed and swim around inside a blue whale's mouth.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Finding	Finding	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
13	around	around	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present · passive |  | two fish |  | a cartoon like Finding |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **swim around** | present |  |  |  | a blue whale's mouth |  | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside mouth=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t1:2
# text = What is real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Blue whales chew sharks with huge teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t1:o1:1
# text = Blue whales chew sharks with huge teeth
1	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chew	chew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | present | Blue whales | sharks |  |  |  | with huge teeth | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A blue whale gulps water and strains out krill, then swallows only small food

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t1:o2:1
# text = A blue whale gulps water and strains out krill, then swallows only small food
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gulps	gulp	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	strains	strain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	swallows	swallow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gulp** | present | a blue whale | water |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **strain out** | present | a blue whale *not said here* | krill |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent krill=Source |
| 3 | **swallow** | present | a blue whale *not said here* | small food |  |  | then |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Blue whales eat only seaweed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t1:o3:1
# text = Blue whales eat only seaweed
1	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Blue whales | seaweed |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seaweed=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Blue whales swallow big fish whole, and even small sharks, every single day

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice:t1:o4:1
# text = Blue whales swallow big fish whole, and even small sharks, every single day
1	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | Blue whales | big fish |  |  | day | small sharks *obl*; whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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