--- title: A boy feeds his fish four times as much as they can eat. After a few… — Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish · tree and pragmatics description: A boy feeds his fish four times as much as they can eat. After a few days the water is cloudy and the fish are sick. Why? 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Why? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, they, water, fish · **What happens:** feed, eat, be · **To what, where:** fish This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» 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/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy feeds his fish four times as much as they can eat. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t5:1 # text = A boy feeds his fish four times as much as they can eat. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feeds feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | present | a boy | | boy's fish | | time | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient | | 2 | **eat** | can | they | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* After a few days the water is cloudy and the fish are sick. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t5:2 # text = After a few days the water is cloudy and the fish are sick. 1 After after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 cloudy cloudy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water | | | | day | cloudy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the fish | | | | | sick *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t5:3 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The bright light shining on the leftover food turned it cloudy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t5:o1:1 # text = The bright light shining on the leftover food turned it cloudy 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 leftover leftover NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 cloudy cloudy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | the bright light *not said here* | | | the leftover food | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on food=Location | | 2 | **turn** | past | the bright light | food | | | | cloudy *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The uneaten food rotted and poisoned the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t5:o2:1 # text = The uneaten food rotted and poisoned the water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 uneaten uneaten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 rotted rot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rot** | participle | the uneaten food *not said here* | the water | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **poison** | participle | the uneaten food *not said here* | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fish get sick from being too full ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t5:o3:1 # text = Fish get sick from being too full 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Fish | | | | | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The fish got fat and could not swim ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t5:o4:1 # text = The fish got fat and could not swim 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the fish | | | | | fat *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **swim** | could | the fish *not said here* | | | | | | 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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