--- title: «that ugly sucker fish is licking the glass, gross» What is it doing? — The fish tank: water, gills, heaters a… · tree and pragmatics description: «that ugly sucker fish is licking the glass, gross» What is it doing? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 203 «The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbours» 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/203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours/t8/) [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 fish tank: water, gills, heaters a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbo… «that ugly sucker fish is licking the glass, gross» What is it doing? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sucker fish, fish · **What happens:** lick, do · **To what, where:** glass This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 203 «The fish tank: water, gills, heaters and the right neighbours» 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/203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours:t8:1 # text = «that ugly sucker fish is licking the glass, gross» What is it doing? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 3 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sucker sucker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 licking lick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 gross gross NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lick** *in a quote* | present · progressive | that sucker fish | the glass | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present · progressive | fish | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} Licking the glass for salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours:t8:o1:1 # text = Licking the glass for salt 1 Licking lick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lick** | gerund | | the glass | | | | for salt | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Talking to the cat outside the glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours:t8:o2:1 # text = Talking to the cat outside the glass 1 Talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 outside outside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | to the cat; outside the glass | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to cat=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Trying to get out of the tank ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours:t8:o3:1 # text = Trying to get out of the tank 1 Trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the tank | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cleaning off algae to eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:203-the-fish-tank-water-gills-heaters-and-the-right-neighbours:t8:o4:1 # text = Cleaning off algae to eat 1 Cleaning clean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 algae alga NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean off** | gerund | | algae | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent alga=Patient | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | algae *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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