--- title: What would happen if an octopus tank had a loose lid? — The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, se… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if an octopus tank had a loose lid? Test 5 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/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: jellyfish, octopuses, se…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep… What would happen if an octopus tank had a loose lid? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** octopus tank · **What happens:** happen, have · **To what, where:** loose lid This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t5:1 # text = What would happen if an octopus tank had a loose lid? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 octopus octopus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a octopus tank | a loose lid | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient | 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} The octopus might squeeze out and wander off ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t5:o1:1 # text = The octopus might squeeze out and wander off 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 octopus octopus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 squeeze squeeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wander wander VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze out** | might | the octopus | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wander off** | present | the octopus *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The octopus would hide its ink in the gap ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t5:o2:1 # text = The octopus would hide its ink in the gap 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 octopus octopus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 ink ink NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | would | the octopus | octopus's ink | | the gap | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ink=Patient in gap=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, because octopuses can never leave the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t5:o3:1 # text = Nothing, because octopuses can never leave the water 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 octopuses octopus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **leave** | can | octopuses | the water | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The other fish would swim out ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t5:o4:1 # text = The other fish would swim out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim out** | would | the other fish | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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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