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title: In a cartoon a megalodon chases a submarine through the shallows. Wh… — Megalodon and the giants of the sea, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a megalodon chases a submarine through the shallows. Which real fact fits the shallows? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 273 «Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 6 · ★ · Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present

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In a cartoon a megalodon chases a submarine through the shallows. Which real fact fits the shallows?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** megalodon, real fact · **What happens:** chase, fit · **To what, where:** submarine, cartoon, shallows

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a megalodon chases a submarine through the shallows.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon a megalodon chases a submarine through the shallows.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	megalodon	megalodon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chases	chase	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	submarine	submarine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shallows	shallow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present | a megalodon | a submarine |  | a cartoon |  | through the shallows | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent submarine=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |

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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:* Which real fact fits the shallows?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t6:2
# text = Which real fact fits the shallows?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shallows	shallow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | real fact | the shallows |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent which=Theme shallow=Destination |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Megalodons were born on land and then crawled to sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t6:o1:1
# text = Megalodons were born on land and then crawled to sea
1	Megalodons	megalodon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | Megalodons |  | land |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **crawl** | past |  |  |  | sea | then |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sea=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Megalodons never went near shallow water in their lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t6:o2:1
# text = Megalodons never went near shallow water in their lives
1	Megalodons	megalodon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | past | Megalodons |  |  | shallow water |  | in Megalodons's lives | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near water=Location |

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

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Young megalodons grew up in warm, shallow nurseries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t6:o3:1
# text = Young megalodons grew up in warm, shallow nurseries
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	megalodons	megalodon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nurseries	nursery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | past | Young megalodons |  |  | warm shallow nurseries |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nursery=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Submarines are what megalodons ate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t6:o4:1
# text = Submarines are what megalodons ate
1	Submarines	submarine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	megalodons	megalodon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Submarines |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | past | megalodons |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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