--- title: «coral's just pretty rocks, right» What is right? — The aquarium: the coral reef tank · tree and pragmatics description: «coral's just pretty rocks, right» What is right? Test 5 · ★★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · The aquarium: the coral reef tank «coral's just pretty rocks, right» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** coral, pretty rocks · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** pretty rocks · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t5:1 # text = «coral's just pretty rocks, right» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 coral coral NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 right right ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ 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 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | coral | pretty rocks | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | pretty rocks | | | | | 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} It is made of tiny animals that build stone skeletons ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t5:o1:1 # text = It is made of tiny animals that build stone skeletons 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 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 skeletons skeleton NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | It | | | | of tiny animals | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **build** | present | tiny animals | stone skeletons | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skeleton=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is dead fish bones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t5:o2:1 # text = It is dead fish bones 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | dead fish bones | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is a kind of seaweed that grows on rocks in warm water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t5:o3:1 # text = It is a kind of seaweed that grows on rocks in warm water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 seaweed seaweed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a kind | | | | of seaweed | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | present | a kind | | | rocks | | in warm water | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it is just coloured stone that grows ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t5:o4:1 # text = Yes, it is just coloured stone that grows 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | coloured stone | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | present | coloured stone | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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