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title: In Moana, Tamatoa is a giant crab bigger than a house. What is real? — Reef giants and wanderers: whale shark… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Moana, Tamatoa is a giant crab bigger than a house. What is real? Test 2 of lesson 174 «Reef giants and wanderers: whale sharks, mantas, dugongs and sea turtles» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 2 · Reef giants and wanderers: whale sharks, mantas, dugongs a…

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In Moana, Tamatoa is a giant crab bigger than a house. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tamatoa · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** giant crab, Moana

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This is test 2 of lesson 174 «Reef giants and wanderers: whale sharks, mantas, dugongs and sea turtles» 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/174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Moana, Tamatoa is a giant crab bigger than a house.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t2:1
# text = In Moana, Tamatoa is a giant crab bigger than a house.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Moana	Moana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Tamatoa	Tamatoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Tamatoa | a giant crab |  | Moana |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t2:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The coconut crab is the largest land crab, but it fits in your arms

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t2:o1:1
# text = The coconut crab is the largest land crab, but it fits in your arms
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	coconut	coconut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the coconut crab | the largest land crab |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | present | crab | the largest land crab *not said here* |  | your arms |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent crab=Theme in arm=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Coconut crabs are bigger than houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t2:o2:1
# text = Coconut crabs are bigger than houses
1	Coconut	coconut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Coconut crabs |  |  |  |  | than houses; big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Coconut crabs live only in the deepest sea trenches of the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t2:o3:1
# text = Coconut crabs live only in the deepest sea trenches of the world
1	Coconut	coconut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	deepest	deep	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	trenches	trench	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Coconut crabs |  |  | the deepest sea trenches of the world |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trench=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There are no real land crabs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t2:o4:1
# text = There are no real land crabs
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | no real land crabs |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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