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title: Why does a fish in water look like it is in a slightly different pla… — How animals hunt · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does a fish in water look like it is in a slightly different place from where it really is? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 52 «How animals hunt» 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 6 · ★ · How animals hunt

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Why does a fish in water look like it is in a slightly different place from where it really is?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fish, different place · **What happens:** do, look, be · **To what, where:** fish, water

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 52 «How animals hunt» 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/52-how-animals-hunt/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:52-how-animals-hunt:t6:1
# text = Why does a fish in water look like it is in a slightly different place from where it really is?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	acl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	really	really	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | a fish |  | water |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Eventuality |
| 2 | **look** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present | fish |  |  |  |  | like a different place | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | a different place *not said here* |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Water bends the light coming from the fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:52-how-animals-hunt:t6:o1:1
# text = Water bends the light coming from the fish
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bends	bend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | present | Water | the light |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent light=Material |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | the light *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from fish=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fish make themselves partly see-through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:52-how-animals-hunt:t6:o2:1
# text = Fish make themselves partly see-through
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	through	thorough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	compound	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Fish | Fish |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Product |
| 2 | **see** | present | Fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | partly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fish moves the moment you look at it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:52-how-animals-hunt:t6:o3:1
# text = The fish moves the moment you look at it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | the fish |  |  |  | moment |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present | you | the moment *not said here* |  |  |  | at fish | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme moment=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Your eyes are tired from the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:52-how-animals-hunt:t6:o4:1
# text = Your eyes are tired from the sun
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Your eyes |  |  | the sun |  | tired *property* | tree rules |

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