--- title: «crabs walk sideways cos they're drunk» What is right? — Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore · tree and pragmatics description: «crabs walk sideways cos they're drunk» What is right? Test 11 · ★★ 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore/t11/) [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/) / [Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore «crabs walk sideways cos they're drunk» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crabs · **What happens:** walk, be This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t11:1 # text = «crabs walk sideways cos they're drunk» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 crabs crab NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** *in a quote* | present | crabs | | | | | sideways *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | crabs *= crab* | | | | | drunk *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Their leg joints bend best that way, though they can walk forwards slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t11:o1:1 # text = Their leg joints bend best that way, though they can walk forwards slowly 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 joints joint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bend bend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | present | Their leg joints | that way | | | | well *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk** | can | joints *= joint* | | | | | forwards, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They cannot walk forwards at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t11:o2:1 # text = They cannot walk forwards at all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **walk** | can | They | | | all | | forwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are copying the waves ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t11:o3:1 # text = They are copying the waves 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 copying copy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | present · progressive | They | the waves | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They walk sideways only on sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:t11:o4:1 # text = They walk sideways only on sand 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | They | | | sand | | sideways *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Trajectory | **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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