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title: An aquarium label says "Electric eel" but the guide says it isn't an… — Animals in the sea and the river · tree and pragmatics
description: An aquarium label says "Electric eel" but the guide says it isn't an eel. What's the lesson? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Animals in the sea and the river

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An aquarium label says "Electric eel" but the guide says it isn't an eel. What's the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aquarium label, guide, lesson · **What happens:** say, not be, be · **To what, where:** Electric eel, eel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An aquarium label says "Electric eel" but the guide says it isn't an eel.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t9:1
# text = An aquarium label says "Electric eel" but the guide says it isn't an eel.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a aquarium label | Electric eel |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent eel=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the guide |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | guide | a eel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t9:2
# text = What's the lesson?
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	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The guide must be lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t9:o1:1
# text = The guide must be lying
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | must · progressive | the guide |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eels change species when electric

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t9:o2:1
# text = Eels change species when electric
1	Eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Eels | species |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Labels are always more correct than tour guides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t9:o3:1
# text = Labels are always more correct than tour guides
1	Labels	label	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	guides	guide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Labels |  |  |  |  | than tour guides; correct *property* | tree rules |

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

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Names can be wrong; the animal is a knifefish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river:t9:o4:1
# text = Names can be wrong; the animal is a knifefish
1	Names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	knifefish	knifefish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Names |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the animal | a knifefish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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