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title: «gonna tip my goldfish in the lake, it'll be happier there» What is… — Silkworms and goldfish: two animals Ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: «gonna tip my goldfish in the lake, it'll be happier there» What is the best answer? Test 9 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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 
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# Test 9 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed

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«gonna tip my goldfish in the lake, it'll be happier there» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, goldfish, best answer · **What happens:** tip, be · **To what, where:** goldfish, lake

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This is test 9 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t9:1
# text = «gonna tip my goldfish in the lake, it'll be happier there» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	dep	_	_
3	tip	tip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	happier	happy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | my goldfish |  | the lake |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent goldfish=Theme in lake=Destination |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | goldfish |  |  | there |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only in winter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, goldfish belong in lakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, goldfish belong in lakes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	belong	belong	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 | **belong** | present | goldfish |  |  | lakes |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, it will turn back into a wild carp in a week or two

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t9:o3:1
# text = Fine, it will turn back into a wild carp in a week or two
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	carp	carp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn back** | future | it |  |  | a wild carp | week |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it can harm wild fish; ask a pet shop or rehome it

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:t9:o4:1
# text = No, it can harm wild fish; ask a pet shop or rehome it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	rehome	rehome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | can | it | wild fish |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fish=Experiencer |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  | a pet shop or rehome | rehome |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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