--- title: What would happen if a lanternfish turned off all its belly lights? — The twilight zone: barreleyes, lantern… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a lanternfish turned off all its belly lights? Test 7 · ★ 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 question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The twilight zone: barreleyes, lantern…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest… What would happen if a lanternfish turned off all its belly lights? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lanternfish · **What happens:** happen, turn off, light · **To what, where:** lanternfish, belly lights This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t7:1 # text = What would happen if a lanternfish turned off all its belly lights? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lanternfish lanternfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | a lanternfish | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **turn off** | participle | a lanternfish *not said here* | lanternfish's belly lights | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **light** | | lanternfish | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, the lights are only for fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t7:o1:1 # text = Nothing, the lights are only for fun 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the lights | | | | | for fun | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A hunter below might see its dark shape against the faint light above ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t7:o2:1 # text = A hunter below might see its dark shape against the faint light above 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 below below ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 above above ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | might | a hunter | hunter's dark shape | | | | against the faint light; above *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would glow even more ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t7:o3:1 # text = It would glow even more 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 glow glow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glow** | would | It | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would sink to the bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:t7:o4:1 # text = It would sink to the bottom 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | would | It | | | | | to the bottom | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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