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title: «sat on a white beach in the Maldives, someone said it's fish poo lo… — Coral reef builders: polyps, bleaching… · tree and pragmatics
description: «sat on a white beach in the Maldives, someone said it's fish poo lol» Could that be right? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 172 «Coral reef builders: polyps, bleaching, sand from parrotfish and giant clams» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Coral reef builders: polyps, bleaching, sand from parrotfi…

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«sat on a white beach in the Maldives, someone said it's fish poo lol» Could that be right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, beach, that · **What happens:** sit, say, be · **To what, where:** white beach, fish poo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 172 «Coral reef builders: polyps, bleaching, sand from parrotfish and giant clams» 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/172-coral-reef-builders-polyps-bleaching-sand-from-parrotfish-and-giant-clams/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:172-coral-reef-builders-polyps-bleaching-sand-from-parrotfish-and-giant-clams:t5:1
# text = «sat on a white beach in the Maldives, someone said it's fish poo lol» Could that be right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Maldives	Maldive	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	_
17	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
19	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	cop	_	_
22	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  | a white beach |  | in the Maldives | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on beach=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | beach | fish poo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | could | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, sand is made from salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:172-coral-reef-builders-polyps-bleaching-sand-from-parrotfish-and-giant-clams:t5:o1:1
# text = No, sand is made from salt
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | sand |  | salt |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from salt=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, all sand comes from mountains, washed down by rivers to the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:172-coral-reef-builders-polyps-bleaching-sand-from-parrotfish-and-giant-clams:t5:o2:1
# text = No, all sand comes from mountains, washed down by rivers to the sea
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | all sand |  |  | mountains |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **wash down** | participle |  | mountains *not said here* |  |  |  | by rivers; to the sea | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yes, much of the sand there comes from parrotfish grinding up coral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:172-coral-reef-builders-polyps-bleaching-sand-from-parrotfish-and-giant-clams:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, much of the sand there comes from parrotfish grinding up coral
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	parrotfish	parrotfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	coral	coral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | much of the sand |  |  | parrotfish |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from parrotfish=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **grind up** | gerund | parrotfish *not said here* | coral |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coral=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only from whale poo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:172-coral-reef-builders-polyps-bleaching-sand-from-parrotfish-and-giant-clams:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only from whale poo
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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