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title: In SpongeBob, Plankton is a tiny green character with one eye who pl… — The microscopic world: tardigrades, mi… · tree and pragmatics
description: In SpongeBob, Plankton is a tiny green character with one eye who plots all day. What are real plankton? Test 1 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 1 · The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and ot…

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In SpongeBob, Plankton is a tiny green character with one eye who plots all day. What are real plankton?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** SpongeBob Plankton, one eye, real plankton · **What happens:** be, plot · **To what, where:** tiny green character

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This is test 1 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In SpongeBob, Plankton is a tiny green character with one eye who plots all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t1:1
# text = In SpongeBob, Plankton is a tiny green character with one eye who plots all day.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	SpongeBob	SpongeBob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Plankton	Plankton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	plots	plot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | SpongeBob Plankton | a tiny green character |  |  |  | with one eye | tree rules |
| 2 | **plot** | present | one eye |  |  |  | day |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: 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 are real plankton?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t1:2
# text = What are real plankton?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	plankton	plankton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One small kind of one-eyed animal that swims in big shoals everywhere in the sea

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t1:o1:1
# text = One small kind of one-eyed animal that swims in big shoals everywhere in the sea
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	eyed	eyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	shoals	shoal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | one eyed animal |  |  | big shoals |  | in the sea; everywhere *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoal=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tiny fish that live in pineapples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t1:o2:1
# text = Tiny fish that live in pineapples
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pineapples	pineapple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Tiny fish |  |  | pineapples |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pineapple=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Green rocks on the sea floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t1:o3:1
# text = Green rocks on the sea floor
1	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many different tiny drifting living things, such as algae, krill and baby crabs

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:t1:o4:1
# text = Many different tiny drifting living things, such as algae, krill and baby crabs
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
2	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	drifting	drift	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
5	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	algae	alga	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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