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title: My uncle says a shark can smell one drop of blood from miles away. I… — Sharks · tree and pragmatics
description: My uncle says a shark can smell one drop of blood from miles away. Is that right? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Sharks» 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 5 · ★★ · Sharks

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My uncle says a shark can smell one drop of blood from miles away. Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle, shark, that · **What happens:** say, smell, be · **To what, where:** one drop · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Sharks» 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/28-sharks/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My uncle says a shark can smell one drop of blood from miles away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t5:1
# text = My uncle says a shark can smell one drop of blood from miles away.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **smell** | can | a shark | one drop of blood |  |  |  | away *property* | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drop=Stimulus |

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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:* Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t5:2
# text = Is that right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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No, that is exaggerated; sharks smell blood well, but not from miles off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t5:o1:1
# text = No, that is exaggerated; sharks smell blood well, but not from miles off
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	smell	smell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
16	off	off	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | present · passive |  | that |  |  |  | from miles | tree rules |
| 2 | **smell** | present | sharks | blood |  |  |  | well *property* | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, sharks cannot smell at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t5:o2:1
# text = No, sharks cannot smell at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **smell** | can | sharks |  |  | all |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, but only great whites

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only great whites
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	whites	white	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, any shark can smell blood across a whole ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:28-sharks:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, any shark can smell blood across a whole ocean
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | can | any shark | blood |  | a whole ocean |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus |

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