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title: «weird circle in the sand, aliens??» a diver says. What made it? — More builders: caddis cases, paper was… · tree and pragmatics
description: «weird circle in the sand, aliens??» a diver says. What made it? Test 8 of lesson 245 «More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' beds and sand circles» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 8 · More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' bed…

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«weird circle in the sand, aliens??» a diver says. What made it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** diver · **What happens:** say, make · **To what, where:** sand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 of lesson 245 «More builders: caddis cases, paper wasps, moles, apes' beds and sand circles» 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/245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «weird circle in the sand, aliens??» a diver says.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t8:1
# text = «weird circle in the sand, aliens??» a diver says.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	ccomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	diver	diver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a diver |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 made it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t8:2
# text = What made it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | sand |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A small male pufferfish using its fins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t8:o1:1
# text = A small male pufferfish using its fins
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pufferfish	pufferfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fins	fin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | a small male pufferfish *not said here* | pufferfish's fins |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fin=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A whale rolling on the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t8:o2:1
# text = A whale rolling on the sand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | gerund | a whale *not said here* |  |  | the sand |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Aliens landing their round spaceship in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t8:o3:1
# text = Aliens landing their round spaceship in the sea
1	Aliens	alien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	landing	land	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | gerund | Aliens *not said here* | Aliens's round spaceship |  | the sea |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spaceship=Theme in sea=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tide going round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles:t8:o4:1
# text = The tide going round
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go round** | gerund | the tide *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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