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title: ★★★ In the Lobster Quadrille each dancer has a lobster partner. If 6… — Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ In the Lobster Quadrille each dancer has a lobster partner. If 6 sea creatures each take one lobster and the Gryphon says, «the lobsters are to be thrown out to sea and you swim after them», how many animals are swimming in the sea at the end, counting the lobsters? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 402 «W
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whi…

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★★★ In the Lobster Quadrille each dancer has a lobster partner. If 6 sea creatures each take one lobster and the Gryphon says, «the lobsters are to be thrown out to sea and you swim after them», how many animals are swimming in the sea at the end, counting the lobsters?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, 6 sea creatures, Gryphon, you, many animals · **What happens:** have, take, say, throw out, swim, count · **To what, where:** lobster partner, one lobster, lobsters, sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 402 «Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whiting, turtles, the Mock Turtle, the Gryphon and the Caterpillar» 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/402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ In the Lobster Quadrille each dancer has a lobster partner.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t12:1
# text = ★★★ In the Lobster Quadrille each dancer has a lobster partner.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	In	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Lobster	Lobster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Quadrille	Quadrille	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	dancer	dancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lobster	lobster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | ★ ★ ★ in the Lobster Quadrille | a lobster partner |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Patient |

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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:* If 6 sea creatures each take one lobster and the Gryphon says, «the lobsters are to be thrown out to sea and you swim after them», how many animals are swimming in the sea at the end, counting the lobsters?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t12:2
# text = If 6 sea creatures each take one lobster and the Gryphon says, «the lobsters are to be thrown out to sea and you swim after them», how many animals are swimming in the sea at the end, counting the lobsters?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	lobster	lobster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
21	out	out	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
27	after	after	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
32	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
34	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
39	at	at	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | 6 sea creatures | one lobster |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Gryphon |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **throw out** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | the lobsters |  | sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination |
| 4 | **swim** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  | after creatures *= creature* |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **swim** | present · progressive | many animals |  |  | the sea | at the end |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory |
| 6 | **count** | gerund |  | the lobsters |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t12:o1:1
# text = 12
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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6

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t12:o2:1
# text = 6
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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18

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t12:o3:1
# text = 18
1	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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7

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:402-wonderland-sea-creatures-and-made-up-ones-lobster-whiting-turtle-mock-turtle-gryphon:t12:o4:1
# text = 7
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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