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title: «whales eat all the krill, so kill whales = more fish for us, simple… — Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blu… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 4 · Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, gr…

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«whales eat all the krill, so kill whales = more fish for us, simple» What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whales, truth · **What happens:** eat, kill, be · **To what, where:** krill, whales · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 312 «Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, grey, right and minke» 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/312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:t4:1
# text = «whales eat all the krill, so kill whales = more fish for us, simple» What is the truth?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	13	punct	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | whales | all krill |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | whales *not said here* | whales and more fish |  |  |  | for us | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
True, krill grow faster with no whales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:t4:o1:1
# text = True, krill grow faster with no whales
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	krill	krill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | True krill |  |  |  |  | with no whales; fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Whale poo feeds the plants that feed krill, so fewer whales can mean less krill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:t4:o2:1
# text = Whale poo feeds the plants that feed krill, so fewer whales can mean less krill
1	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
15	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | Whale poo | the plants |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Recipient |
| 2 | **feed** | present | the plants | krill |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent krill=Recipient |
| 3 | **mean** | can | fewer whales | less krill |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent krill=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
True, whales are the only thing eating krill in the whole ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:t4:o3:1
# text = True, whales are the only thing eating krill in the whole ocean
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | True whales | the only thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | the only thing *not said here* | krill |  | the whole ocean |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent krill=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whales do not eat krill at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:t4:o4:1
# text = Whales do not eat krill at all
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present · do-support | Whales | krill |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent krill=Patient |

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