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title: A film shows a cow lowered into a river and eaten by piranhas in ten… — Animals in the sea and the river · tree and pragmatics
description: A film shows a cow lowered into a river and eaten by piranhas in ten seconds. What's really true? Test 7 · ★ 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 wro
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# Test 7 · ★ · Animals in the sea and the river

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A film shows a cow lowered into a river and eaten by piranhas in ten seconds. What's really true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** film · **What happens:** show, lower, eat, be · **To what, where:** cow, river

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A film shows a cow lowered into a river and eaten by piranhas in ten seconds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t7:1
# text = A film shows a cow lowered into a river and eaten by piranhas in ten seconds.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a film |  | a cow |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cow=Recipient |
| 2 | **lower** | participle |  | a cow *not said here* |  | a river |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into river=Destination |
| 3 | **eat** | participle |  |  |  |  | second | by piranhas | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 really true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t7:2
# text = What's really true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That kind of scene is a legend from a staged show; real piranhas rarely attack

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t7:o1:1
# text = That kind of scene is a legend from a staged show; real piranhas rarely attack
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	staged	stage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	attack	attack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that kind of scene | a legend |  | a staged show |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stage** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **attack** | present | real piranhas |  |  |  |  | rarely *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It happens every day in rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t7:o2:1
# text = It happens every day in rivers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | It |  |  | rivers | day |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in river=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Piranhas live in British rivers too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t7:o3:1
# text = Piranhas live in British rivers too
1	Piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Piranhas |  |  | British rivers |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Piranhas only eat cows, never fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t7:o4:1
# text = Piranhas only eat cows, never fish
1	Piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Piranhas | cows |  |  |  | fish *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient |

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