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title: «that eel n grouper are mates?? they're fish ffs» Is it true they hu… — Coral reef partners and tricksters: cl… · tree and pragmatics
description: «that eel n grouper are mates?? they're fish ffs» Is it true they hunt together? Test 9 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 pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 9 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

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«that eel n grouper are mates?? they're fish ffs» Is it true they hunt together?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** n grouper, mates · **What happens:** be, hunt · **To what, where:** mates

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t9:1
# text = «that eel n grouper are mates?? they're fish ffs» Is it true they hunt together?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
3	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	grouper	grouper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	fish	fish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ffs	ff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
14	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
19	together	together	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that n grouper | mates |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mates *= mate* |  |  |  |  | ?? fish ffs | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | mates |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **hunt** | present | mates *= mate* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only in aquariums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only in aquariums
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	aquariums	aquarium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, groupers eat eels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t9:o2:1
# text = No, groupers eat eels
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	groupers	grouper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, eels and groupers always fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t9:o3:1
# text = No, eels and groupers always fight
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	groupers	grouper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | eels and groupers |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yes, the grouper shakes its head to invite the eel and they hunt as a team

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, the grouper shakes its head to invite the eel and they hunt as a team
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grouper	grouper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shakes	shake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	invite	invite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | present | the grouper | grouper's head |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 2 | **invite** | to-infinitive | the grouper *not said here* | the eel |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eel=Recipient |
| 3 | **hunt** | present | they |  |  |  |  | as a team | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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