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title: «jaws was real basically, sharks hunt people» What is right? — The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: «jaws was real basically, sharks hunt people» What is right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 8 «The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark» 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 1 · ★ · The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark

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«jaws was real basically, sharks hunt people» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** jaws, sharks · **What happens:** be, hunt · **To what, where:** people

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 8 «The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark» 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/8-the-ocean/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:t1:1
# text = «jaws was real basically, sharks hunt people» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	jaws	jaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | jaws |  |  |  |  | basically, real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** *in a quote* | present | sharks | people |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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 {#o1}

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Yes, but only in summer, when lots of people swim in the sea and sharks follow the smell of suncream

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only in summer, when lots of people swim in the sea and sharks follow the smell of suncream
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
9	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	suncream	suncream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | lots of people |  |  | the sea | summer |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory |
| 2 | **follow** | present | sharks | the smell of suncream |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Theme |
| 3 | **smell** |  | suncream |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, sharks are vegetarian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:t1:o2:1
# text = No, sharks are vegetarian
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	vegetarian	vegetarian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | sharks |  |  |  |  | vegetarian *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, every shark hunts people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, every shark hunts people
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | every shark | people |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Attacks are very rare; people kill far more sharks than sharks kill people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:t1:o4:1
# text = Attacks are very rare; people kill far more sharks than sharks kill people
1	Attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Attacks |  |  |  |  | rare *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** | present | people | more sharks |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Theme |
| 3 | **kill** | present | sharks | people |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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