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title: A shark bites at a small fish's tail, where a big round spot is, and… — Coral reef partners and tricksters: cl… · tree and pragmatics
description: A shark bites at a small fish's tail, where a big round spot is, and the fish shoots away the other way. What happened? Test 7 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 7 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

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A shark bites at a small fish's tail, where a big round spot is, and the fish shoots away the other way. What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shark, fish · **What happens:** bite, be, shoot away, happen · **To what, where:** tail, other way

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This is test 7 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» 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/173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A shark bites at a small fish's tail, where a big round spot is, and the fish shoots away the other way.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t7:1
# text = A shark bites at a small fish's tail, where a big round spot is, and the fish shoots away the other way.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bites	bite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	shoots	shoot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
22	away	away	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | a shark |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a shark *not said here* |  |  | a small fish's tail |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shoot away** | present | the fish | the other way |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t7:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The shark was not hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t7:o1:1
# text = The shark was not hungry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the shark |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

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

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The fake eye spot fooled the shark about which end was the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t7:o2:1
# text = The fake eye spot fooled the shark about which end was the head
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fooled	fool	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | past | the fake eye spot |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the shark about which end | the head |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The spot is a real eye that saw the shark coming from behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t7:o3:1
# text = The spot is a real eye that saw the shark coming from behind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the spot | a real eye |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | a real eye | the shark |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shark=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come** | gerund | the shark *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from behind=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The fish was too hard to bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t7:o4:1
# text = The fish was too hard to bite
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fish |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive | the fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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