--- title: After 11 September 2001 there were fewer ships for a few days. What… — Echolocation in the sea and in people:… · tree and pragmatics description: After 11 September 2001 there were fewer ships for a few days. What did scientists find in right whales? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Echolocation in the sea and in people: dolphins, whales, swiftlets and clicking humans» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/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/) / [Echolocation in the sea and in people:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Echolocation in the sea and in people: dolphins, whales, s… After 11 September 2001 there were fewer ships for a few days. What did scientists find in right whales? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fewer ships, scientists · **What happens:** be, find This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Echolocation in the sea and in people: dolphins, whales, swiftlets and clicking humans» 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/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* After 11 September 2001 there were fewer ships for a few days. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:t7:1 # text = After 11 September 2001 there were fewer ships for a few days. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 3 September September PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 2001 2001 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | fewer ships for a few days | | | there | after 11 September 2001 | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What did scientists find in right whales? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:t7:2 # text = What did scientists find in right whales? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past · do-support | scientists | | | | | in right whales | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} More stress than before ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:t7:o1:1 # text = More stress than before 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 stress stress NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 than than ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 before before ADV RB _ 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Calmer stress levels ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:t7:o2:1 # text = Calmer stress levels 1 Calmer calm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 2 stress stress NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 levels level NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} They swam into the empty ports ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:t7:o3:1 # text = They swam into the empty ports 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ports port NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | They | | | the empty ports | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into port=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} They forgot their songs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:t7:o4:1 # text = They forgot their songs 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | They | their songs | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sing** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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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