--- title: Why should you never try to make a pufferfish puff up just to see it? — How animals defend themselves · tree and pragmatics description: Why should you never try to make a pufferfish puff up just to see it? Test 5 of lesson 53 «How animals defend themselves» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [How animals defend themselves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/) / t5 # Test 5 · How animals defend themselves Why should you never try to make a pufferfish puff up just to see it? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** not try, make, puff up, see · **To what, where:** pufferfish This is test 5 of lesson 53 «How animals defend themselves» 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/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t5:1 # text = Why should you never try to make a pufferfish puff up just to see it? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pufferfish pufferfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 puff puff VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **try** | should | you | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a pufferfish | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pufferfish=Product | | 3 | **puff up** | present | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | | pufferfish | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} It costs the aquarium money ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t5:o1:1 # text = It costs the aquarium money 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 costs cost VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 aquarium aquarium NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cost** | present | It | the aquarium money | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Puffing up is stressful and tiring for the fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t5:o2:1 # text = Puffing up is stressful and tiring for the fish 1 Puffing puff VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 stressful stressful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tiring tiring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **puff up** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 2 | **is** | present | Puffing | | | | | for the fish; stressful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Puffing *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It will explode ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t5:o3:1 # text = It will explode 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 explode explode VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | future | It | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It will chase you out of the water and bite your toes ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:53-how-animals-defend-themselves:t5:o4:1 # text = It will chase you out of the water and bite your toes 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | future | It | you | | the water | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme out water=Trajectory | | 2 | **bite** | present | | your toes | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toe=Patient | **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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