--- title: «goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds, so who cares if it's bored… — The aquarium: the coral reef tank · tree and pragmatics description: «goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds, so who cares if it's bored» What is right? Test 2 · ★★ 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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · The aquarium: the coral reef tank «goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds, so who cares if it's bored» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goldfish, it · **What happens:** forget, care, be · **To what, where:** everything This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t2:1 # text = «goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds, so who cares if it's bored» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 goldfish goldfish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forget forget VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 cares care VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** *in a quote* | present | goldfish | everything | | | second | | tree rules | | 2 | **care** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | it | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} That is a myth; goldfish remember things for months ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t2:o1:1 # text = That is a myth; goldfish remember things for months 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 goldfish goldfish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | a myth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **remember** | present | goldfish | things | | | month | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only Dory remembers things ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t2:o2:1 # text = Only Dory remembers things 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 Dory Dory PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remembers remember VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | present | Dory | things | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Goldfish forget in 3 minutes instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t2:o3:1 # text = Goldfish forget in 3 minutes instead 1 Goldfish goldfish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forget forget VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present | Goldfish | | | | minute | instead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Right, goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds flat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t2:o4:1 # text = Right, goldfish forget everything in 3 seconds flat 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 goldfish goldfish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 forget forget VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present | goldfish | everything | | | second | flat *property* | tree rules | **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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