--- title: «that eel ate a fish as big as itself, impossible» What is right? — The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid… · tree and pragmatics description: «that eel ate a fish as big as itself, impossible» What is right? Test 11 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls/t11/) [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 deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale… «that eel ate a fish as big as itself, impossible» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eel · **What happens:** eat, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t11:1 # text = «that eel ate a fish as big as itself, impossible» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 eel eel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | that eel | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Gulper eels can, because their mouths open very wide and stomachs stretch ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t11:o1:1 # text = Gulper eels can, because their mouths open very wide and stomachs stretch 1 Gulper gulper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 eels eel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mouths mouth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 open open VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 stomachs stomach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stretch stretch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | can | Gulper eels | | | | | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stretch** | present | stomachs | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It must have been two eels ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t11:o2:1 # text = It must have been two eels 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 eels eel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | must · perfect | It | two eels | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The fish swam out again ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t11:o3:1 # text = The fish swam out again 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim out** | past | the fish | | | | again | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, impossible for any fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, impossible for any fish 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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