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# Test 9 · ★★ · The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale…

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In Pinocchio a giant whale swallows a boat. Which real whale dives into the deep to hunt giant squid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giant whale, real whale · **What happens:** swallow, dive, hunt · **To what, where:** boat, Pinocchio, deep, giant squid

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Pinocchio a giant whale swallows a boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t9:1
# text = In Pinocchio a giant whale swallows a boat.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swallows	swallow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | a giant whale | a boat |  | Pinocchio |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |

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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:* Which real whale dives into the deep to hunt giant squid?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t9:2
# text = Which real whale dives into the deep to hunt giant squid?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dives	dive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	deep	deep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | present | real whale |  |  | the deep |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | real whale *not said here* | giant squid |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squid=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The blue whale, using its big eyes in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t9:o1:1
# text = The blue whale, using its big eyes in the dark
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | the blue whale *not said here* | whale's big eyes |  | the dark |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Killer whales that only eat boats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t9:o2:1
# text = Killer whales that only eat boats
1	Killer	killer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present |  | Killer whales |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No whale goes into the deep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t9:o3:1
# text = No whale goes into the deep
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | no whale |  |  | the deep |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into deep=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The sperm whale, using clicks to find them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:t9:o4:1
# text = The sperm whale, using clicks to find them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sperm	sperm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	clicks	click	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | the sperm whale | clicks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent click=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | the sperm whale *not said here* | clicks *= click* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

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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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