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title: «why doesn't the grouper just eat the cleaner fish, free snack innit… — The aquarium: the coral reef tank · tree and pragmatics
description: «why doesn't the grouper just eat the cleaner fish, free snack innit» Which answer fits? Test 7 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The aquarium: the coral reef tank

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«why doesn't the grouper just eat the cleaner fish, free snack innit» Which answer fits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** answer · **What happens:** eat, fit · **To what, where:** cleaner fish

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t7:1
# text = «why doesn't the grouper just eat the cleaner fish, free snack innit» Which answer fits?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grouper	grouper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	18	det	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | present |  | the cleaner fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |
| 2 | **fit** | present | which answer |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Groupers do not eat fish at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t7:o1:1
# text = Groupers do not eat fish at all
1	Groupers	grouper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present · do-support | Groupers | fish |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cleaner fish are poisonous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t7:o2:1
# text = Cleaner fish are poisonous
1	Cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cleaner fish |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Groupers cannot open their mouths wide enough to swallow it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t7:o3:1
# text = Groupers cannot open their mouths wide enough to swallow it
1	Groupers	grouper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | can | Groupers | Groupers's mouths |  |  |  | enough, wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme |
| 2 | **swallow** | to-infinitive | Groupers *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Both win: the big fish gets cleaned, the cleaner gets fed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank:t7:o4:1
# text = Both win: the big fish gets cleaned, the cleaner gets fed
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | Both |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **clean** | present · passive |  | the big fish |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **feed** | present · passive |  | the cleaner |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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