--- title: What would happen to a sea fish put in fresh water? — The aquarium: the coral reef tank · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a sea fish put in fresh water? Test 11 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [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/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/) / [The aquarium: the coral reef tank](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · The aquarium: the coral reef tank What would happen to a sea fish put in fresh water? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, put · **To what, where:** sea fish, fresh water This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t11:1 # text = What would happen to a sea fish put in fresh water? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a sea fish | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put** | participle | | a sea fish *not said here* | | fresh water | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in water=Destination | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It would swim faster and be much happier without the salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t11:o1:1 # text = It would swim faster and be much happier without the salt 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 9 without without ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | would | It | | | | | without the salt; fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would get ill, because it needs the right saltiness ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t11:o2:1 # text = It would get ill, because it needs the right saltiness 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 saltiness saltiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | It | | | | | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **need** | present | it | the right saltiness | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot saltiness=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, water is water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t11:o3:1 # text = Nothing, water is water 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing water | water | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would turn into a river fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t11:o4:1 # text = It would turn into a river fish 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | | | into a river fish *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result | **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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