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# Test 1 · ★ · Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present

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«saw The Meg, megalodon's still down there in the deep innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** Meg · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 273 «Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present» 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/273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t1:1
# text = «saw The Meg, megalodon's still down there in the deep innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Meg	Meg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	megalodon	megalodon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past |  | the Meg and megalodon |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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 {#o1}

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Yes, it lives in the Mariana Trench, where it is too deep and dark to be filmed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, it lives in the Mariana Trench, where it is too deep and dark to be filmed
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Mariana	Mariana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Trench	Trench	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | it |  |  | the Mariana Trench |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trench=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Trench |  |  |  |  | deep *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Trench *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **film** | to-infinitive · passive | Trench *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, a young one is kept in a secret aquarium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, a young one is kept in a secret aquarium
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | a young one |  | a secret aquarium |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in aquarium=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, it is extinct; a shark that big would leave teeth, bitten whales and sightings

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t1:o3:1
# text = No, it is extinct; a shark that big would leave teeth, bitten whales and sightings
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
13	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	bitten	bite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	sightings	sighting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | extinct *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | would | a shark | teeth and bitten whales and sightings |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme |
| 3 | **bite** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it slowly turned into the blue whale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t1:o4:1
# text = No, it slowly turned into the blue whale
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | it |  |  |  |  | into the blue whale *result*; slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into whale=Result |

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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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