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title: Mate in Sydney: «saw a shark — nah, a dolphin — well, a big fish thi… — Stories that change · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate in Sydney: «saw a shark — nah, a dolphin — well, a big fish thingy». Most likely? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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 2 · ★ · Stories that change

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Mate in Sydney: «saw a shark — nah, a dolphin — well, a big fish thingy». Most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** see · **To what, where:** shark

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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/449-stories-that-change/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate in Sydney: «saw a shark — nah, a dolphin — well, a big fish thingy».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t2:1
# text = Mate in Sydney: «saw a shark — nah, a dolphin — well, a big fish thingy».
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	20	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	thingy	thingy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Mate in Sydney | a shark |  |  |  | a dolphin *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shark=Stimulus |

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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:* Most likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t2:2
# text = Most likely?
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	nsubj	_	_
2	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sharks look just like dolphins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t2:o1:1
# text = Sharks look just like dolphins
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Sharks |  |  |  |  | like dolphins | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He's telling a careful lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t2:o2:1
# text = He's telling a careful lie
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | He | a careful lie |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It changed into a dolphin underwater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t2:o3:1
# text = It changed into a dolphin underwater
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	underwater	underwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | It |  |  |  |  | into a dolphin underwater *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into underwater=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He's not sure what he saw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t2:o4:1
# text = He's not sure what he saw
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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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