--- title: «the pond's frozen on top, the fish are dead for sure» What is more… — Goldfish and pond fish: the three-seco… · tree and pragmatics description: «the pond's frozen on top, the fish are dead for sure» What is more likely? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Goldfish and pond fish: the three-second memory myth» 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 was r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth/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/) / [Goldfish and pond fish: the three-seco…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Goldfish and pond fish: the three-second memory myth «the pond's frozen on top, the fish are dead for sure» What is more likely? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pond, dead · **What happens:** freeze, be · **To what, where:** pond, top This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Goldfish and pond fish: the three-second memory myth» 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/204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth:t7:1 # text = «the pond's frozen on top, the fish are dead for sure» What is more likely? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nsubj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 16 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 19 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** *in a quote* | participle | | the pond *not said here* | | top | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the pond | | | | | for sure; dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | dead | | | | | likely *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 {#o1} They flew away ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth:t7:o1:1 # text = They flew away 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | past | They | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are on top of the ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth:t7:o2:1 # text = They are on top of the ice 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | top | | of the ice | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They are resting slowly near the warmer bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth:t7:o3:1 # text = They are resting slowly near the warmer bottom 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | present · progressive | They | | | the warmer bottom | | slowly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near bottom=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are frozen solid ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth:t7:o4:1 # text = They are frozen solid 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | present · passive | | They | | | | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | **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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