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title: In a cartoon a deep-sea fish switches on a torch held in its fin. Wh… — The twilight zone: barreleyes, lantern… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a deep-sea fish switches on a torch held in its fin. What is the real version? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 175 «The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest daily journey on Earth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 6 · ★ · The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest…

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In a cartoon a deep-sea fish switches on a torch held in its fin. What is the real version?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sea fish, real version · **What happens:** switch, hold, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, torch, fin

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 175 «The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest daily journey on Earth» 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/175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a deep-sea fish switches on a torch held in its fin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon a deep-sea fish switches on a torch held in its fin.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	switches	switch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	fin	fin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch** | present | a sea fish |  |  | a cartoon |  | on a torch | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | a torch *not said here* |  | fish's fin |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fin=Location |

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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 the real version?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t6:2
# text = What is the real version?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real version |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Deep fish really carry little torches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t6:o1:1
# text = Deep fish really carry little torches
1	Deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Deep fish | little torches |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Deep fish use fire to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t6:o2:1
# text = Deep fish use fire to see
1	Deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Deep fish | fire |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Deep fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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No animal can make its own light, it is all reflected from the moon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t6:o3:1
# text = No animal can make its own light, it is all reflected from the moon
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	reflected	reflect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | no animal | animal's own light |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Product |
| 2 | **reflect** | present · passive |  | animal |  | the moon |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **light** |  | animal |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Many deep animals make their own light with light organs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t6:o4:1
# text = Many deep animals make their own light with light organs
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	organs	organ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Many deep animals | animals's own light |  |  |  | with light organs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Product |
| 2 | **light** |  | animals *= animal* |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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