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title: Your uncle says fishing doesn't hurt fish because "they don't scream… — Animals in the sea and the river · tree and pragmatics
description: Your uncle says fishing doesn't hurt fish because "they don't scream". What's the fair answer? Test 6 · ★ 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.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Animals in the sea and the river

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Your uncle says fishing doesn't hurt fish because "they don't scream". What's the fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, fishing, they, fair answer · **What happens:** say, not hurt, not scream, be · **To what, where:** fish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 11 «Animals in the sea and the river» of the myths 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/myths/11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your uncle says fishing doesn't hurt fish because "they don't scream".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t6:1
# text = Your uncle says fishing doesn't hurt fish because "they don't scream".
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	scream	scream	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **hurt** | present · do-support | fishing | fish |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fish=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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's the fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t6:2
# text = What's the fair answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fair answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He's right, no scream means no pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t6:o1:1
# text = He's right, no scream means no pain
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	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	scream	scream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | no scream | no pain |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fish scream underwater all the time, where people can't hear them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t6:o2:1
# text = Fish scream underwater all the time, where people can't hear them
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scream	scream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	underwater	underwater	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | Fish |  |  |  | time | underwater *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **hear** | can | people | Fish |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only big fish feel pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t6:o3:1
# text = Only big fish feel pain
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | big fish | pain |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme |

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

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Not showing pain like us isn't the same as not feeling it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t6:o4:1
# text = Not showing pain like us isn't the same as not feeling it
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
3	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **show** | gerund |  | pain |  |  |  | like us | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pain=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | showing |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **feel** | gerund | showing *not said here* | pain |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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