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title: A cartoon lobster is bright red, swimming in the sea. What would you… — The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, se… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon lobster is bright red, swimming in the sea. What would you fix? Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep…

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A cartoon lobster is bright red, swimming in the sea. What would you fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon lobster, you · **What happens:** be, swim, fix · **To what, where:** sea

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon lobster is bright red, swimming in the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t9:1
# text = A cartoon lobster is bright red, swimming in the sea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lobster	lobster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a cartoon lobster |  |  |  |  | red *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund | a cartoon lobster *not said here* |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory |

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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 would you fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t9:2
# text = What would you fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fix	fix	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 | **fix** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Live lobsters are greenish brown; red is the cooked colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t9:o1:1
# text = Live lobsters are greenish brown; red is the cooked colour
1	Live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	greenish	greenish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Live lobsters |  |  |  |  | brown *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the red cooked colour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lobsters are always bright blue while they are in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t9:o2:1
# text = Lobsters are always bright blue while they are in the sea
1	Lobsters	lobster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lobsters |  |  |  |  | always, blue *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Lobsters *= lobster* |  |  | the sea |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lobsters are white until they grow up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t9:o3:1
# text = Lobsters are white until they grow up
1	Lobsters	lobster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lobsters |  |  |  |  | white *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow up** | present | Lobsters *= lobster* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, lobsters are red alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:92-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea:t9:o4:1
# text = Nothing, lobsters are red alive
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	alive	alive	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 | Nothing lobsters |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | tree rules |

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