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description: The keeper says a jellyfish is "immortal". What is the best correction? Test 6 · ★ 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 w
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# Test 6 · ★ · The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep…

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The keeper says a jellyfish is "immortal". What is the best correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** keeper, jellyfish, best correction · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The keeper says a jellyfish is "immortal".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t6:1
# text = The keeper says a jellyfish is "immortal".
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	immortal	immortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the keeper |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a jellyfish |  |  |  |  | immortal *property* | tree rules |

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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 is the best correction?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t6:2
# text = What is the best correction?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best correction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It dies after one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t6:o1:1
# text = It dies after one day
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	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | It |  |  |  | day |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It can turn young again but can still be eaten or get ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t6:o2:1
# text = It can turn young again but can still be eaten or get ill
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	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | can | It |  |  |  | again | young *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | can · passive |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It lives exactly a hundred years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t6:o3:1
# text = It lives exactly a hundred years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | It |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It really can never die in any way, not even if eaten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t6:o4:1
# text = It really can never die in any way, not even if eaten
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | can | It |  |  |  |  | in any way | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **eat** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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