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title: A keeper at an aquarium keeps getting squirted with water by one oct… — Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish · tree and pragmatics
description: A keeper at an aquarium keeps getting squirted with water by one octopus, but other keepers don't. Why might that be? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 3 · ★★★ · Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish

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A keeper at an aquarium keeps getting squirted with water by one octopus, but other keepers don't. Why might that be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** keeper, other keepers, that · **What happens:** keep, get, squirt, not do, be

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A keeper at an aquarium keeps getting squirted with water by one octopus, but other keepers don't.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t3:1
# text = A keeper at an aquarium keeps getting squirted with water by one octopus, but other keepers don't.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	squirted	squirt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a keeper at a aquarium |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | a keeper at a aquarium *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **squirt** | participle | a keeper at a aquarium *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with water; by one octopus | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by octopus=Destination |
| 4 | **not** **do** | present | other keepers |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why might that be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t3:2
# text = Why might that be?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | might | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The keeper smells of crab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t3:o1:1
# text = The keeper smells of crab
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | the keeper |  |  |  |  | of crab | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of crab=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Octopuses squirt every keeper the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t3:o2:1
# text = Octopuses squirt every keeper the same
1	Octopuses	octopus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	squirt	squirt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squirt** | present | Octopuses | every keeper |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Octopuses remember people and may squirt ones they dislike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t3:o3:1
# text = Octopuses remember people and may squirt ones they dislike
1	Octopuses	octopus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	squirt	squirt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dislike	dislike	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | Octopuses | people |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 2 | **squirt** | may | Octopuses *not said here* | ones |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 3 | **dislike** | present | Octopuses *= octopus* | ones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The octopus is blind and simply squirts at anyone who comes near it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t3:o4:1
# text = The octopus is blind and simply squirts at anyone who comes near it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	squirts	squirt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the octopus |  |  |  |  | blind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **squirt** | present | the octopus *not said here* |  |  | anyone |  | simply *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at anyone=Destination |
| 3 | **come** | present |  |  |  | octopus |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near it=Location |

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