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title: flipper's always smiling so dolphins must be happy all the time right — Dolphins, porpoises and seals · tree and pragmatics
description: flipper's always smiling so dolphins must be happy all the time right Test 1 · ★ of lesson 27 «Dolphins, porpoises and seals» 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Dolphins, porpoises and seals

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flipper's always smiling so dolphins must be happy all the time right

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flipper, dolphins · **What happens:** smile, be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 27 «Dolphins, porpoises and seals» 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/27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:t1:1
# text = flipper's always smiling so dolphins must be happy all the time right
1	flipper	flipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | gerund | flipper |  |  |  | time | always, right *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | must | dolphins |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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No, the "smile" is just the shape of its mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:t1:o1:1
# text = No, the "smile" is just the shape of its mouth
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the smile | the shape |  |  |  | of smile's mouth | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, dolphins frown when the water's cold and smile only when it's warm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:t1:o2:1
# text = No, dolphins frown when the water's cold and smile only when it's warm
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	frown	frown	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	smile	smile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frown** | present | dolphins |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **smile** | infinitive | dolphins *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | water |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they smile when they're full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, they smile when they're full
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	smile	smile	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, dolphins are always happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, dolphins are always happy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | dolphins |  |  |  |  | always, happy *property* | tree rules |

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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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