--- title: «i trod on a rock in the sea and it stung me??» What could it have b… — The aquarium: the coral reef tank · tree and pragmatics description: «i trod on a rock in the sea and it stung me??» What could it have been? Test 10 · ★★ 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 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/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The aquarium: the coral reef tank «i trod on a rock in the sea and it stung me??» What could it have been? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, sea · **What happens:** tread, sting, be · **To what, where:** rock, me This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 90 «The aquarium: the coral reef tank» 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/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «i trod on a rock in the sea and it stung me??» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t10:1 # text = «i trod on a rock in the sea and it stung me??» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stung sting VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tread** *in a quote* | past | i | | | a rock | | in the sea | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Trajectory | | 2 | **sting** *in a quote* | past | sea | me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | 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:* What could it have been? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t10:2 # text = What could it have been? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **can** | could · perfect | sea | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A stonefish, which looks just like a rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t10:o1:1 # text = A stonefish, which looks just like a rock 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stonefish stonefish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | a stonefish | | | | | like a rock | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} A piece of coral that bites ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t10:o2:1 # text = A piece of coral that bites 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 coral coral NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 bites bite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | a piece of coral | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} A clownfish hiding in the weed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t10:o3:1 # text = A clownfish hiding in the weed 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 clownfish clownfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 hiding hide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 weed weed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | gerund | a clownfish *not said here* | | | the weed | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in weed=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} A seahorse with a sharp tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t10:o4:1 # text = A seahorse with a sharp tail 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 seahorse seahorse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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