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title: Which is the kindest way to release a fish? — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the kindest way to release a fish? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday 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 6 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is the kindest way to release a fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, release · **To what, where:** kindest way, fish

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday 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/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t6:1
# text = Which is the kindest way to release a fish?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kindest	kind	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the kindest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **release** | to-infinitive |  | a fish |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer fish=Source |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A photo session of ten minutes on the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t6:o1:1
# text = A photo session of ten minutes on the bank
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	session	session	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dropping it into the water from a bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t6:o2:1
# text = Dropping it into the water from a bridge
1	Dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | gerund |  | it |  | the water |  | from a bridge | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into water=Destination from bridge=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wet hands, a gentle hold, and back into the water quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t6:o3:1
# text = Wet hands, a gentle hold, and back into the water quickly
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dry hands and a firm squeeze around the middle, so it cannot slip and fall

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t6:o4:1
# text = Dry hands and a firm squeeze around the middle, so it cannot slip and fall
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	squeeze	squeeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **slip** | can | middle |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | middle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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