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title: In a cartoon, an octopus sleeps in a little bed with a nightcap and… — Do animals dream? Twitching dogs, repl… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, an octopus sleeps in a little bed with a nightcap and a smile. What do real octopuses do in active sleep? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 391 «Do animals dream? Twitching dogs, replaying rats and colour-changing octopuses» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 6 · ★ · Do animals dream? Twitching dogs, replaying rats and colou…

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In a cartoon, an octopus sleeps in a little bed with a nightcap and a smile. What do real octopuses do in active sleep?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** octopus, real octopuses · **What happens:** sleep, be, do · **To what, where:** cartoon, active sleep

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 391 «Do animals dream? Twitching dogs, replaying rats and colour-changing octopuses» 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/391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, an octopus sleeps in a little bed with a nightcap and a smile.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon, an octopus sleeps in a little bed with a nightcap and a smile.
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	7	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	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	nightcap	nightcap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | a octopus |  |  | a cartoon |  | in a little bed; with a nightcap and a smile | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location |

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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 do real octopuses do in active sleep?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t6:2
# text = What do real octopuses do in active sleep?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	octopuses	octopus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | real octopuses |  |  | active sleep |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Close their eyes with long eyelashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t6:o1:1
# text = Close their eyes with long eyelashes
1	Close	close	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	eyelashes	eyelash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* | their eyes |  |  |  | with long eyelashes | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Destination with eyelash=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Snore loudly through all eight arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t6:o2:1
# text = Snore loudly through all eight arms
1	Snore	snore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snore** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | all eight arms |  | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sleep upside down inside empty shells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t6:o3:1
# text = Sleep upside down inside empty shells
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	upside	upside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Flash colours and twitch their arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:391-do-animals-dream-twitching-dogs-replaying-rats-and-colour-changing-octopuses:t6:o4:1
# text = Flash colours and twitch their arms
1	Flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
4	twitch	twitch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twitch** | present | Flash colours | colours's arms |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

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