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description: «big brain = clever, end of. whale beats everyone» What is the fair view? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 388 «Surprising brains: tool-using fish, counting bees, laughing rats and clever pigs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Surprising brains: tool-using fish, counting bees, laughin…

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«big brain = clever, end of. whale beats everyone» What is the fair view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big brain · **What happens:** beat, be · **To what, where:** everyone, fair view · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 388 «Surprising brains: tool-using fish, counting bees, laughing rats and clever pigs» 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/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs:t8:1
# text = «big brain = clever, end of. whale beats everyone» What is the fair view?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
10	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	beats	beat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** *in a quote* | present | big brain and end of whale | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the fair view |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Small brains do nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs:t8:o1:1
# text = Small brains do nothing
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Small brains | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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

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How well brain cells are packed and connected matters, not just size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs:t8:o2:1
# text = How well brain cells are packed and connected matters, not just size
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
3	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | present · passive |  | brain cells |  |  |  | well *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **connect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Size is the only thing that counts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs:t8:o3:1
# text = Size is the only thing that counts
1	Size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Size | the only thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | present | the only thing |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The biggest brain is always the cleverest, so the whale really does win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs:t8:o4:1
# text = The biggest brain is always the cleverest, so the whale really does win
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cleverest	clever	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the biggest brain |  |  |  |  | always, clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | present · do-support | the whale |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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