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title: A humpback blows bubbles in a spiral under a shoal of fish. What is… — Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca gr… · tree and pragmatics
description: A humpback blows bubbles in a spiral under a shoal of fish. What is it doing? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 235 «Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca grandmothers and whale songs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca grandmothers and whale…

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A humpback blows bubbles in a spiral under a shoal of fish. What is it doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** humpback · **What happens:** blow, do · **To what, where:** bubbles

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 235 «Animal minds: dolphins' names, orca grandmothers and whale songs» 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/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A humpback blows bubbles in a spiral under a shoal of fish.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t11:1
# text = A humpback blows bubbles in a spiral under a shoal of fish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	humpback	humpback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spiral	spiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shoal	shoal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | a humpback | bubbles |  |  |  | under a shoal of fish; in a spiral | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent bubble=Patient in spiral=Topic |

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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 it doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t11:2
# text = What is it doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **do** | present · progressive | humpback |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cleaning out its blowhole with bubbles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t11:o1:1
# text = Cleaning out its blowhole with bubbles
1	Cleaning	clean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	blowhole	blowhole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean out** | gerund |  | its blowhole |  |  |  | with bubbles | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent blowhole=Patient with bubble=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Breathing out slowly after a long sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t11:o2:1
# text = Breathing out slowly after a long sleep
1	Breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe out** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after a long sleep | slowly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Making a bubble net to trap the fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t11:o3:1
# text = Making a bubble net to trap the fish
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bubble	bubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	trap	trap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | a bubble net |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset net=Product |
| 2 | **trap** | to-infinitive |  | the fish |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Playing with bubble rings, just for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs:t11:o4:1
# text = Playing with bubble rings, just for fun
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	bubble	bubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with bubble rings; for fun | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ring=Theme |

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