--- title: A sea star loses an arm to a crab. What happens next? — The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, se… · tree and pragmatics description: A sea star loses an arm to a crab. What happens next? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 92 «The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep sea» 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/92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea/t12/) [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: jellyfish, octopuses, se…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep… A sea star loses an arm to a crab. What happens next? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sea star · **What happens:** lose, happen · **To what, where:** arm This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 92 «The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep sea» 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/92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sea star loses an arm to a crab. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t12:1 # text = A sea star loses an arm to a crab. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | a sea star | a arm | | | | to a crab | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens next? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t12:2 # text = What happens next? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 next next ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The crab grows into a sea star ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t12:o1:1 # text = The crab grows into a sea star 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into 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 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | the crab | | | | | into a sea star *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into star=Result | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It can grow a new arm ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t12:o2:1 # text = It can grow a new arm 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | can | It | a new arm | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arm=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It walks with four arms forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t12:o3:1 # text = It walks with four arms forever 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 forever forever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | It | | | | | with four arms; forever *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It dies at once from the wound ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t12:o4:1 # text = It dies at once from the wound 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | It | | | the wound | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from wound=Causer | **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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