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title: Why is the colossal squid's eye so huge? — Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is the colossal squid's eye so huge? Test 12 · ★★★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish

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Why is the colossal squid's eye so huge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eye · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t12:1
# text = Why is the colossal squid's eye so huge?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	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	colossal	colossal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the colossal squid's eye |  |  |  |  | why *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To catch the faintest light in the dark deep sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t12:o1:1
# text = To catch the faintest light in the dark deep sea
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	faintest	faint	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive |  | the faintest light |  | the dark deep sea |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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So it can see the stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t12:o2:1
# text = So it can see the stars
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | it | the stars |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because it lives in bright shallow water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t12:o3:1
# text = Because it lives in bright shallow water
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | it |  |  | bright shallow water |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To scare divers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t12:o4:1
# text = To scare divers
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scare	scare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | to-infinitive |  | divers |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus diver=Experiencer |

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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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