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title: «why are the fish fingers boneless, did they breed fish without bone… — Where meat and fish come from, told ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: «why are the fish fingers boneless, did they breed fish without bones?» What is the true answer? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 343 «Where meat and fish come from, told honestly» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Where meat and fish come from, told honestly

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«why are the fish fingers boneless, did they breed fish without bones?» What is the true answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fish fingers, fingers, true answer · **What happens:** be, bree · **To what, where:** fish

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 343 «Where meat and fish come from, told honestly» 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/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «why are the fish fingers boneless, did they breed fish without bones?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:t9:1
# text = «why are the fish fingers boneless, did they breed fish without bones?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	boneless	boneless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	breed	bree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the fish fingers |  |  |  |  | boneless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bree** *in a quote* | past · do-support | fingers *= finger* | fish |  |  |  | without bones | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the true answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:t9:2
# text = What is the true answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the true answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bones melt away in the cold of the freezer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:t9:o1:1
# text = The bones melt away in the cold of the freezer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	melt	melt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt away** | present | the bones |  |  | the cold of the freezer |  | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, fish fingers come from a special fish that has no bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, fish fingers come from a special fish that has no bones
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | fish fingers |  |  |  |  | from a special fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from fish=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **have** | present | a special fish | no bones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are made from sharks only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:t9:o3:1
# text = They are made from sharks only
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	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | They |  | sharks |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from shark=Material |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The white fish is cut into blocks with the bones taken out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:t9:o4:1
# text = The white fish is cut into blocks with the bones taken out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	blocks	block	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present · passive |  | the white fish |  |  |  | into blocks *result*; with the bones | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: subject=Patient into block=Result with bone=Instrument |
| 2 | **take out** | participle |  | the bones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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