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title: Why might fishing together work better for pelicans than fishing alo… — Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelican… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might fishing together work better for pelicans than fishing alone? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 374 «Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphins, sturgeon and gobies» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphin…

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Why might fishing together work better for pelicans than fishing alone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fishing · **What happens:** fish, work

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 374 «Ukraine's waters: Danube delta pelicans, Black Sea dolphins, sturgeon and gobies» 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/374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t8:1
# text = Why might fishing together work better for pelicans than fishing alone?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pelicans	pelican	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fish** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | might | fishing |  |  |  |  | for pelicans; well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for pelican=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **fish** | gerund | fishing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Together they trap fish in shallow water where none can escape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t8:o1:1
# text = Together they trap fish in shallow water where none can escape
1	Together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	trap	trap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
9	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | present | they | fish |  | shallow water |  | together *property* | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fish=Theme in water=Destination |
| 2 | **escape** | can | none |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Alone they cannot open their big heavy bills wide enough to catch a fish

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t8:o2:1
# text = Alone they cannot open their big heavy bills wide enough to catch a fish
1	Alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
11	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | can | they | their big heavy bills |  |  |  | alone, enough, wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bill=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | a fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
| 3 | **bill** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fish like to swim towards groups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t8:o3:1
# text = Fish like to swim towards groups
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Fish |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Fish *not said here* |  |  | groups |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards group=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fishing alone is not allowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies:t8:o4:1
# text = Fishing alone is not allowed
1	Fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Fishing |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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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