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title: «threw my crisp bag in the sea, it's just a bag mate» Why is that ha… — Reef giants and wanderers: whale shark… · tree and pragmatics
description: «threw my crisp bag in the sea, it's just a bag mate» Why is that harmful? Test 7 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'
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# Test 7 · Reef giants and wanderers: whale sharks, mantas, dugongs a…

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«threw my crisp bag in the sea, it's just a bag mate» Why is that harmful?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bag · **What happens:** throw, be · **To what, where:** crisp bag, sea, bag mate

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t7:1
# text = «threw my crisp bag in the sea, it's just a bag mate» Why is that harmful?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	crisp	crisp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** *in a quote* | past |  | my crisp bag |  | the sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bag=Theme in sea=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bag | a bag mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | harmful *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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The sea melts plastic in a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t7:o1:1
# text = The sea melts plastic in a day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | the sea | plastic |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient plastic=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Turtles use bags as houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t7:o2:1
# text = Turtles use bags as houses
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Turtles | bags |  |  |  | as houses | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bag=Duration as house=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bags turn into fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t7:o3:1
# text = Bags turn into fish
1	Bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Bags |  |  |  |  | into fish *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A turtle may swallow it, thinking it is a jellyfish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:174-reef-giants-and-wanderers-whale-sharks-mantas-dugongs-and-sea-turtles:t7:o4:1
# text = A turtle may swallow it, thinking it is a jellyfish
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | may | a turtle | it |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  | turtle |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | thinking | a jellyfish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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