--- title: in the cartoon the whale shoots a fountain of seawater out its head.… — Whales · tree and pragmatics description: in the cartoon the whale shoots a fountain of seawater out its head. true or nah? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Whales» 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 was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/26-whales/t1/) [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/) / [Whales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/26-whales/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Whales in the cartoon the whale shoots a fountain of seawater out its head. true or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whale · **What happens:** shoot out · **To what, where:** fountain, cartoon This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 26 «Whales» 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/26-whales/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t1:1 # text = in the cartoon the whale shoots a fountain of seawater out its head. true or nah? 1 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shoots shoot VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 seawater seawater NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 15 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 nah nah INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot out** | present | the whale | a fountain of seawater | | the cartoon | | whale's head *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent fountain=Theme in cartoon=Destination | 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} True, but only after it eats a ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t1:o1:1 # text = True, but only after it eats a ship 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | it | a ship | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nah, the spout is its warm breath turning to mist ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t1:o2:1 # text = Nah, the spout is its warm breath turning to mist 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 spout spout NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the spout | spout's warm breath | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | spout's warm breath *not said here* | | | mist | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to mist=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, whales have no blowhole ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t1:o3:1 # text = Nah, whales have no blowhole 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 blowhole blowhole NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | whales | no blowhole | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blowhole=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} True, it squirts out all the sea water that it swallowed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t1:o4:1 # text = True, it squirts out all the sea water that it swallowed 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 squirts squirt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squirt out** | present | it | all sea water | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **swallow** | past | water | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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