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title: Stroke a shark from nose to tail and then from tail to nose. What do… — The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Stroke a shark from nose to tail and then from tail to nose. What do you feel? Test 10 of lesson 91 «The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays» 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 10 · The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays

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Stroke a shark from nose to tail and then from tail to nose. What do you feel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** stroke, feel · **To what, where:** shark, nose

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This is test 10 of lesson 91 «The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays» 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/91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Stroke a shark from nose to tail and then from tail to nose.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t10:1
# text = Stroke a shark from nose to tail and then from tail to nose.
1	Stroke	stroke	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroke** | imperative | you *not said here* | a shark |  | nose to tail and tail to nose |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What do you feel?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t10:2
# text = What do you feel?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Slimy both ways like a frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t10:o1:1
# text = Slimy both ways like a frog
1	Slimy	slimy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Smooth both ways, just like stroking a wet dolphin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t10:o2:1
# text = Smooth both ways, just like stroking a wet dolphin
1	Smooth	smooth	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stroking	stroke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smooth** | imperative | you *not said here* | both ways |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent way=Patient |
| 2 | **stroke** | gerund | you *not said here* | a wet dolphin |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dolphin=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Smooth one way and rough like sandpaper the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t10:o3:1
# text = Smooth one way and rough like sandpaper the other
1	Smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sandpaper	sandpaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spiky both ways like a hedgehog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:t10:o4:1
# text = Spiky both ways like a hedgehog
1	Spiky	spiky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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