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title: In Finding Nemo a huge anglerfish chases Marlin and Dory with a glow… — The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Finding Nemo a huge anglerfish chases Marlin and Dory with a glowing lure. What is real? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 176 «The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale falls» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 1 · ★★ · The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale…

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In Finding Nemo a huge anglerfish chases Marlin and Dory with a glowing lure. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** huge anglerfish · **What happens:** chase, glow, be · **To what, where:** Marlin, Finding

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 176 «The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale falls» 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/176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Finding Nemo a huge anglerfish chases Marlin and Dory with a glowing lure.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t1:1
# text = In Finding Nemo a huge anglerfish chases Marlin and Dory with a glowing lure.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Finding	Finding	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chases	chase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Marlin	Marlin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Dory	Dory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	lure	lure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present | a huge anglerfish | Marlin and Dory |  | Finding |  | with a glowing lure | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent marlin=Theme in finding=Trajectory |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t1:2
# 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 lure is real, but many deep anglerfish are smaller than a football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t1:o1:1
# text = The lure is real, but many deep anglerfish are smaller than a football
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lure	lure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the lure |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | many deep anglerfish |  |  |  |  | than a football; small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The lure is a cartoon invention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t1:o2:1
# text = The lure is a cartoon invention
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lure	lure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real anglerfish use torches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t1:o3:1
# text = Real anglerfish use torches
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Real anglerfish | torches |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real anglerfish are as big as buses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t1:o4:1
# text = Real anglerfish are as big as buses
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	anglerfish	anglerfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Real anglerfish |  |  |  |  | as buses; big *property* | 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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