--- title: In the book the Otter dives after a May-fly at the picnic. What woul… — The real animals of the river bank: th… · tree and pragmatics description: In the book the Otter dives after a May-fly at the picnic. What would a real otter more likely be chasing? 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What would a real otter more likely be chasing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Otter · **What happens:** dive, chase This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 403 «The real animals of the river bank: the water vole, the mole, the otter, the toad and the river birds» 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/403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In the book the Otter dives after a May-fly at the picnic. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t6:1 # text = In the book the Otter dives after a May-fly at the picnic. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dives dive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 picnic picnic NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dive** | present | the Otter | | | | after a May fly | at the picnic; in the book | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in book=Attribute | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would a real otter more likely be chasing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t6:2 # text = What would a real otter more likely be chasing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 otter otter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | would · progressive | | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A fish or an eel ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t6:o1:1 # text = A fish or an eel 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eel eel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A sandwich from the basket ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t6:o2:1 # text = A sandwich from the basket 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sandwich sandwich NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A duck's egg ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t6:o3:1 # text = A duck's egg 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A dragonfly in the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:403-the-real-animals-of-the-river-bank-water-vole-mole-otter-toad-and-the-river-birds:t6:o4:1 # text = A dragonfly in the air 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragonfly dragonfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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