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description: «mate says mantis shrimp sees way better colours than us, like 5 times better» What is right? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 7 · ★ · Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bee…

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«mate says mantis shrimp sees way better colours than us, like 5 times better» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, mantis shrimp · **What happens:** say, see, be · **To what, where:** way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» 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/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t7:1
# text = «mate says mantis shrimp sees way better colours than us, like 5 times better» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	mantis	mantis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shrimp	shrimp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | mantis shrimp | way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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, it sees every colour 5 times better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t7:o1:1
# text = Right, it sees every colour 5 times better
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | it | every colour |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It has many more colour cells, but tests show it is not better at telling close colours apart

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t7:o2:1
# text = It has many more colour cells, but tests show it is not better at telling close colours apart
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	ccomp	_	_
15	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
17	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | many more colour cells |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cell=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | present | tests |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | close colours |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wrong, it sees only black and white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t7:o3:1
# text = Wrong, it sees only black and white
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | it |  |  |  |  | black *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, and it can see through walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t7:o4:1
# text = Right, and it can see through walls
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | it |  |  | walls |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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