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description: In a cartoon an octopus mum walks her 8 kids to school. What is really true? Test 6 · ★★ 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 choic
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Animal minds: the octopus, escape artist and puzzle solver

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In a cartoon an octopus mum walks her 8 kids to school. What is really true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** octopus mum · **What happens:** walk, be · **To what, where:** her, cartoon

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon an octopus mum walks her 8 kids to school.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon an octopus mum walks her 8 kids to school.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | a octopus mum | her *= she* |  | a cartoon |  | to school; 8 kids *obl* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory to school=Initial\_Location |

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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 is really true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t6:2
# text = What is really true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Octopus mums teach their young for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t6:o1:1
# text = Octopus mums teach their young for years
1	Octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	teach	teach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | Octopus mums | mums's young |  |  | year |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent young=Recipient |

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

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Baby octopuses never meet their parents and learn alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t6:o2:1
# text = Baby octopuses never meet their parents and learn alone
1	Baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	octopuses	octopus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **meet** | present | Baby octopuses | octopuses's parents |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **learn** | present | Baby octopuses *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Octopus dads take the babies to school every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t6:o3:1
# text = Octopus dads take the babies to school every day
1	Octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dads	dad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Octopus dads | the babies |  | school | day |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent baby=Theme to school=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Octopus babies live with their grandparents until they are grown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver:t6:o4:1
# text = Octopus babies live with their grandparents until they are grown
1	Octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Octopus babies |  |  |  |  | with babies's grandparents | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with grandparent=Location |
| 2 | **grow** | present · passive |  | babies *= baby* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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