--- title: Giant squid tentacles wash up on a beach. Why are giant squid so rar… — Megalodon and the giants of the sea, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Giant squid tentacles wash up on a beach. Why are giant squid so rarely seen alive? Test 9 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea/t9/) [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/) / [Megalodon and the giants of the sea, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present Giant squid tentacles wash up on a beach. Why are giant squid so rarely seen alive? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Giant squid tentacles · **What happens:** wash up, see · **To what, where:** beach This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Giant squid tentacles wash up on a beach. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t9:1 # text = Giant squid tentacles wash up on a beach. 1 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 squid squid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 tentacles tentacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wash wash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash up** | present | Giant squid tentacles | | | a beach | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why are giant squid so rarely seen alive? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t9:2 # text = Why are giant squid so rarely seen alive? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 3 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 squid squid NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 rarely rarely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · passive | | | | | | alive, rarely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They live deep down in the dark sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t9:o1:1 # text = They live deep down in the dark sea 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 deep deep ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | They | | | the dark sea | | down *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} They live only high up in the mountains ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t9:o2:1 # text = They live only high up in the mountains 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | They | | | the mountains | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} They hide in rivers and lakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t9:o3:1 # text = They hide in rivers and lakes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | They | | | rivers and lakes | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in river=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are invisible to our eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:273-megalodon-and-the-giants-of-the-sea:t9:o4:1 # text = They are invisible to our eyes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | to our eyes; invisible *property* | tree rules | **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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