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# Test 3 · ★ · Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill…

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«baby eel in the zoo, tiny, can't do nothing yeah?» What does the keeper mean when he warns you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** keeper · **What happens:** not do, mean, warn · **To what, where:** nothing, you

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 231 «Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill and charged bees» 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/231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «baby eel in the zoo, tiny, can't do nothing yeah?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t3:1
# text = «baby eel in the zoo, tiny, can't do nothing yeah?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	obj	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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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:* What does the keeper mean when he warns you?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t3:2
# text = What does the keeper mean when he warns you?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the keeper |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | keeper |  | you |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Baby eels have no electric cells yet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t3:o1:1
# text = Baby eels have no electric cells yet
1	Baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Baby eels | no electric cells |  |  | yet |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cell=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Baby eels give shocks only to other baby eels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t3:o2:1
# text = Baby eels give shocks only to other baby eels
1	Baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	shocks	shock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Baby eels | shocks | other baby eels |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent shock=Theme to eel=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Baby eels only bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t3:o3:1
# text = Baby eels only bite
1	Baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | Baby eels |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Even young electric eels can give a tingle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t3:o4:1
# text = Even young electric eels can give a tingle
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tingle	tingle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | can | young electric eels | a tingle |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tingle=Theme |

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