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title: «a shark in a lake? nah, sharks need the sea innit» What is right? — Sharks by kind: great white, tiger, bu… · tree and pragmatics
description: «a shark in a lake? nah, sharks need the sea innit» What is right? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 310 «Sharks by kind: great white, tiger, bull and hammerhead» 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 wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Sharks by kind: great white, tiger, bull and hammerhead

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«a shark in a lake? nah, sharks need the sea innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sharks · **What happens:** need, be · **To what, where:** sea innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 310 «Sharks by kind: great white, tiger, bull and hammerhead» 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/310-sharks-by-kind-great-white-tiger-bull-and-hammerhead/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:310-sharks-by-kind-great-white-tiger-bull-and-hammerhead:t7:1
# text = «a shark in a lake? nah, sharks need the sea innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
8	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	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	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present | sharks | the sea innit |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Sharks in lakes are always toys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:310-sharks-by-kind-great-white-tiger-bull-and-hammerhead:t7:o1:1
# text = Sharks in lakes are always toys
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
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	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sharks in lakes | toys |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Only goldfish sharks live in lakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:310-sharks-by-kind-great-white-tiger-bull-and-hammerhead:t7:o2:1
# text = Only goldfish sharks live in lakes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | goldfish sharks |  |  | lakes |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lake=Location |

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

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Bull sharks can live in fresh water and have lived in a lake in Australia

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:310-sharks-by-kind-great-white-tiger-bull-and-hammerhead:t7:o3:1
# text = Bull sharks can live in fresh water and have lived in a lake in Australia
1	Bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | can | Bull sharks |  |  | fresh water |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |
| 2 | **live** | present · perfect | Bull sharks *not said here* |  |  | a lake in Australia |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lake=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No shark can survive one minute in fresh water, it would die straight away

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:310-sharks-by-kind-great-white-tiger-bull-and-hammerhead:t7:o4:1
# text = No shark can survive one minute in fresh water, it would die straight away
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | can | no shark |  |  | fresh water | minute |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |
| 2 | **die** | would | shark |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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