---
title: ugh whale poo, gross, why'd anyone care about that — Whales · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh whale poo, gross, why'd anyone care about that Test 8 · ★★ 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/26-whales/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★★ · Whales

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ugh whale poo, gross, why'd anyone care about that

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t8:1
# text = ugh whale poo, gross, why'd anyone care about that
1	ugh	ugh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gross	gross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	compound	_	_
10	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It feeds plankton, and plankton makes much of Earth's oxygen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t8:o1:1
# text = It feeds plankton, and plankton makes much of Earth's oxygen
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	plankton	plankton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	plankton	plankton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | It | plankton |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plankton=Recipient |
| 2 | **make** | present | plankton | much of Earth's oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset much=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It turns into the soft white sand that we find on the beach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t8:o2:1
# text = It turns into the soft white sand that we find on the beach
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  | the soft white sand |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sand=Trajectory |
| 2 | **find** | present | we | the soft white sand |  | the beach |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is used to make whale oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t8:o3:1
# text = It is used to make whale oil
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | whale oil |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset oil=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It keeps sharks away from beaches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:26-whales:t8:o4:1
# text = It keeps sharks away from beaches
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | sharks |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Whales, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/26-whales/t7/)
- next →: [Whales, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/26-whales/t9/)
- ↑ back to [Whales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/26-whales/)