--- title: Identify the parent which, among seahorses, carries the eggs and giv… — Animals in the sea and the river · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the parent which, among seahorses, carries the eggs and gives birth. Exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Animals in the sea and the river» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Animals in the sea and the river](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Animals in the sea and the river Identify the parent which, among seahorses, carries the eggs and gives birth. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, carry, give · **To what, where:** parent, eggs, birth This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Animals in the sea and the river» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/myths/11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:e3:1 # text = Identify the parent which, among seahorses, carries the eggs and gives birth. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 among among ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 seahorses seahorse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the parent | | | | among seahorses | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | present | | the eggs | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme | | 3 | **give** | present | | birth | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The female ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:e3:o1:1 # text = The female 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 female female NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Neither, the eggs being abandoned upon rocks ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:e3:o2:1 # text = Neither, the eggs being abandoned upon rocks 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 abandoned abandon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abandon** | gerund · passive | | the eggs | | | | upon rocks; neither *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The male ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:e3:o3:1 # text = The male 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Both parents equally ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:e3:o4:1 # text = Both parents equally 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 equally equally ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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