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title: «finding nemo: dad raises nemo alone, so that's what clownfish do» W… — Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore · tree and pragmatics
description: «finding nemo: dad raises nemo alone, so that's what clownfish do» Which is closer to the truth? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore» 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 1 · ★★ · Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore

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«finding nemo: dad raises nemo alone, so that's what clownfish do» Which is closer to the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, that, clownfish · **What happens:** find, raise, be, do · **To what, where:** nemo

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore» 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/9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t1:1
# text = «finding nemo: dad raises nemo alone, so that's what clownfish do» Which is closer to the truth?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	nemo	nemo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	raises	raise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	nemo	nemo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	parataxis	_	_
14	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
17	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** *in a quote* | gerund |  | nemo |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nemo=Topic |
| 2 | **raise** *in a quote* | present | dad | nemo |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nemo=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | clownfish |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the truth; close *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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Clownfish mums never die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t1:o1:1
# text = Clownfish mums never die
1	Clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | present | Clownfish mums |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Clownfish babies raise themselves in the anemone from day one, without any parents at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t1:o2:1
# text = Clownfish babies raise themselves in the anemone from day one, without any parents at all
1	Clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	raise	raise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | Clownfish | babies *= baby* |  | the anemone | day | without any parents at all | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in anemone=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Clownfish dads always raise babies alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t1:o3:1
# text = Clownfish dads always raise babies alone
1	Clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dads	dad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	raise	raise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | Clownfish dads | babies |  |  |  | alone, always *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |

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

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When the female dies the biggest male turns female, so Marlin would become the mum

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t1:o4:1
# text = When the female dies the biggest male turns female, so Marlin would become the mum
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	Marlin	Marlin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | the female |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | present | the biggest male |  |  |  |  | female *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **become** | would | Marlin | the mum |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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