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title: «lol just found a smelly waxy lump on the beach, can i sell it» What… — Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sp… · tree and pragmatics
description: «lol just found a smelly waxy lump on the beach, can i sell it» What should you know? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 313 «Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, beluga and beaked whales» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 5 · ★ · Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, bel…

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«lol just found a smelly waxy lump on the beach, can i sell it» What should you know?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, you · **What happens:** find, sell, know · **To what, where:** smelly waxy lump, beach, lump · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 313 «Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, beluga and beaked whales» 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/313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t5:1
# text = «lol just found a smelly waxy lump on the beach, can i sell it» What should you know?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	smelly	smelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	waxy	waxy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	_
19	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** *in a quote* | past |  | a smelly waxy lump |  | the beach |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent lump=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** *in a quote* | can | i | lump |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **know** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is a sperm whale's egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t5:o1:1
# text = It is a sperm whale's egg
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sperm	sperm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a sperm whale's egg |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It is a lump of whale poo with real gold hidden inside it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t5:o2:1
# text = It is a lump of whale poo with real gold hidden inside it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	poo	poo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a lump |  |  |  | of whale poo; with real gold | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | real gold *not said here* |  | gold |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside it=Location |

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

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It might be ambergris; some countries ban selling it to protect whales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t5:o3:1
# text = It might be ambergris; some countries ban selling it to protect whales
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	ambergris	ambergris	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ban	ban	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	xcomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | might | It | ambergris |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ban** | present | some countries | ambergris *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sell** | gerund | some countries *not said here* | ambergris |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **protect** | to-infinitive | some countries *not said here* |  | whales |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is always plastic, throw it back in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales:t5:o4:1
# text = It is always plastic, throw it back in the sea
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | always, plastic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **throw back** | infinitive |  | it |  | the sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sea=Destination |

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