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title: A predator lunges at a dark blob in the water, but the squid has gon… — Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish · tree and pragmatics
description: A predator lunges at a dark blob in the water, but the squid has gone. What happened? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish

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A predator lunges at a dark blob in the water, but the squid has gone. What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** predator, squid · **What happens:** lunge, go, happen · **To what, where:** dark blob

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A predator lunges at a dark blob in the water, but the squid has gone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t9:1
# text = A predator lunges at a dark blob in the water, but the squid has gone.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	predator	predator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lunges	lunge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	blob	blob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lunge** | present | a predator |  |  | a dark blob in the water |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present · perfect | the squid |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t9:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The squid squirted an ink blob and jetted away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t9:o1:1
# text = The squid squirted an ink blob and jetted away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	squirted	squirt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	blob	blob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	jetted	jet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squirt** | past | the squid | a ink blob |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blob=Theme |
| 2 | **jet away** | participle | the squid *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The blob was another squid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t9:o2:1
# text = The blob was another squid
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blob	blob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the blob | another squid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The squid hid inside the predator's open mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t9:o3:1
# text = The squid hid inside the predator's open mouth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	predator	predator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the squid |  |  | the predator's open mouth |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside mouth=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The squid turned into ink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish:t9:o4:1
# text = The squid turned into ink
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the squid |  |  | ink |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into ink=Trajectory |

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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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