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title: In a cartoon, an octopus with two hearts and red blood waves eight t… — Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, an octopus with two hearts and red blood waves eight tentacles. What would a marine biologist correct? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish

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In a cartoon, an octopus with two hearts and red blood waves eight tentacles. What would a marine biologist correct?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** octopus · **What happens:** wave · **To what, where:** eight tentacles

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish» 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/39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, an octopus with two hearts and red blood waves eight tentacles.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t1:1
# text = In a cartoon, an octopus with two hearts and red blood waves eight tentacles.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	waves	wave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | a octopus with two hearts and red blood | eight tentacles |  |  |  | in a cartoon | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent tentacle=Patient in cartoon=Theme |

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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 would a marine biologist correct?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t1:2
# text = What would a marine biologist correct?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	marine	marine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	biologist	biologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, that is all correct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t1:o1:1
# text = Nothing, that is all correct
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	conj	_	_
6	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It should have ten legs and wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t1:o2:1
# text = It should have ten legs and wings
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | should | It | ten legs and wings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It should have one big heart and bright green blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t1:o3:1
# text = It should have one big heart and bright green blood
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | should | It | one big heart and bright green blood |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |

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

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Three hearts, blue blood, and its limbs are called arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t1:o4:1
# text = Three hearts, blue blood, and its limbs are called arms
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
12	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive | Three hearts and blue blood *not said here* | blood's limbs |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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