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title: A cartoon mantis shrimp sees a magic rainbow we cannot imagine. What… — The axolotl, the tardigrade and the ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon mantis shrimp sees a magic rainbow we cannot imagine. What does science say? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp

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A cartoon mantis shrimp sees a magic rainbow we cannot imagine. What does science say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mantis shrimp, we, science · **What happens:** see, not imagine, say · **To what, where:** magic rainbow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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/44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon mantis shrimp sees a magic rainbow we cannot imagine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t4:1
# text = A cartoon mantis shrimp sees a magic rainbow we cannot imagine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mantis	mantis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shrimp	shrimp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	imagine	imagine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a mantis shrimp | a magic rainbow |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rainbow=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **imagine** | can | we | a magic rainbow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rainbow=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 does science say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t4:2
# text = What does science say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | science |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It sees with its claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t4:o1:1
# text = It sees with its claws
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | It |  |  |  |  | with its claws | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It sees in black and white only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t4:o2:1
# text = It sees in black and white only
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | It | black |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer black=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It sees exactly what we see, with the same three kinds of colour sensor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t4:o3:1
# text = It sees exactly what we see, with the same three kinds of colour sensor
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	sensor	sensor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | present | we |  |  |  |  | with the same three kinds of colour sensor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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

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It has many colour sensors but tells close colours apart worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:t4:o4:1
# text = It has many colour sensors but tells close colours apart worse
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	worse	badly	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | many colour sensors |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present |  | close colours |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient |

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