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title: «crap, eel just lit up the bulb on the glass, how's a fish doin that… — Electric senses: electric eels, sharks… · tree and pragmatics
description: «crap, eel just lit up the bulb on the glass, how's a fish doin that» What is the best answer? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 231 «Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill and charged bees» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 7 · ★ · Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill…

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«crap, eel just lit up the bulb on the glass, how's a fish doin that» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** lit up, be · **To what, where:** crap, glass, fish doin, best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t7:1
# text = «crap, eel just lit up the bulb on the glass, how's a fish doin that» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	crap	crap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bulb	bulb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	doin	doin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	25	amod	_	_
25	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit up** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | crap and eel |  | the glass |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a fish doin |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It rubbed itself on the glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t7:o1:1
# text = It rubbed itself on the glass
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | past | It | itself *= it* |  | the glass |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Theme on glass=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The keeper hid a switch in the tank and pressed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t7:o2:1
# text = The keeper hid a switch in the tank and pressed it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pressed	press	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the keeper | a switch |  | the tank |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent switch=Patient in tank=Location |
| 2 | **press** | past | the keeper *not said here* | switch |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It swallowed the bulb's batteries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t7:o3:1
# text = It swallowed the bulb's batteries
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bulb	bulb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | past | It | the bulb's batteries |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient |

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

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Its body is packed with cells that act like stacked batteries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:t7:o4:1
# text = Its body is packed with cells that act like stacked batteries
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	act	act	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	stacked	stack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | present · passive |  | Its body |  |  |  | with cells | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with cell=Theme |
| 2 | **act** | present | cells |  |  |  |  | like stacked batteries | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like battery=Attribute |
| 3 | **stack** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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