--- title: What would happen if a hole in an octopus tank were bigger than its… — Animal minds: the octopus, escape arti… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a hole in an octopus tank were bigger than its beak? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Animal minds: the octopus, escape artist and puzzle solver» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver/t4/) [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/) / [Animal minds: the octopus, escape arti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Animal minds: the octopus, escape artist and puzzle solver What would happen if a hole in an octopus tank were bigger than its beak? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hole · **What happens:** happen, be This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Animal minds: the octopus, escape artist and puzzle solver» 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/234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t4:1 # text = What would happen if a hole in an octopus tank were bigger than its beak? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 octopus octopus NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 advcl _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a hole in a octopus tank | | | | | than hole's beak; big *property* | tree rules | 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} It would get stuck by its bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t4:o1:1 # text = It would get stuck by its bones 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | It | | | | | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would be too scared to try ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t4:o2:1 # text = It would be too scared to try 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | It | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would fill the hole with ink ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t4:o3:1 # text = It would fill the hole with ink 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ink ink NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | would | It | the hole | | | | with ink | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hole=Patient with ink=Instrument | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The octopus could squeeze through and escape ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t4:o4:1 # text = The octopus could squeeze through and escape 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 octopus octopus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 squeeze squeeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | could | the octopus | | | | | through *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **escape** | infinitive | the octopus *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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