--- title: It is given that, in the seahorse, the eggs are borne in a pouch unt… — The aquarium: the coral reef tank · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that, in the seahorse, the eggs are borne in a pouch until hatching. Ascertain the parent in whose pouch they are carried. Exam question 4 of lesson 90 «The aquarium: the coral reef tank» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/e4/) [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/) / [The aquarium: the coral reef tank](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The aquarium: the coral reef tank It is given that, in the seahorse, the eggs are borne in a pouch until hatching. Ascertain the parent in whose pouch they are carried. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pouch · **What happens:** give, bear, hatch, ascertain, carry · **To what, where:** It, eggs, pouch, parent This is exam question 4 of lesson 90 «The aquarium: the coral reef tank» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that, in the seahorse, the eggs are borne in a pouch until hatching. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:e4:1 # text = It is given that, in the seahorse, the eggs are borne in a pouch until hatching. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 seahorse seahorse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pouch pouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 until until SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 hatching hatch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient that=Theme | | 2 | **bear** | present · passive | | the eggs | | a pouch | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **hatch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the parent in whose pouch they are carried. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the parent in whose pouch they are carried. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pouch pouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the parent | | pouch | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Topic | | 2 | **carry** | present · passive | pouch *not said here* | eggs *= egg* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The female ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:e4:o1:1 # text = The female 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 female female NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Neither, as the eggs are abandoned ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:e4:o2:1 # text = Neither, as the eggs are abandoned 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 abandoned abandon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abandon** | present · passive | | the eggs | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The male ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:e4:o3:1 # text = The male 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Both parents equally ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:e4:o4:1 # text = Both parents equally 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 equally equally ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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