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description: «stupid cartoon, the fish is talking, fish make no sound at all innit» What is the best answer? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right

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«stupid cartoon, the fish is talking, fish make no sound at all innit» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** talk, make, be · **To what, where:** stupid cartoon, sound, innit, best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t10:1
# text = «stupid cartoon, the fish is talking, fish make no sound at all innit» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	22	amod	_	_
22	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the fish | stupid cartoon |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present | fish | no sound |  | all innit |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the best answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Right, fish are always completely silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t10:o1:1
# text = Right, fish are always completely silent
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
6	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | fish |  |  |  |  | always, completely, silent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Only goldfish make sounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t10:o2:1
# text = Only goldfish make sounds
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | goldfish | sounds |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fish can talk, but only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t10:o3:1
# text = Fish can talk, but only at night
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | can | Fish |  |  |  | night |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Fish cannot talk, but many grunt, click or drum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right:t10:o4:1
# text = Fish cannot talk, but many grunt, click or drum
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	grunt	grunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	click	click	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	drum	drum	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | can | Fish |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **click** | infinitive | many grunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drum** | infinitive | many grunt *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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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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