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title: "Won a goldfish at the fair, gonna keep it in this little round bowl… — Pets and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: "Won a goldfish at the fair, gonna keep it in this little round bowl forever, it'll stay cute and tiny." What's wrong? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 7 «Pets and farm animals» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 5 · ★ · Pets and farm animals

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"Won a goldfish at the fair, gonna keep it in this little round bowl forever, it'll stay cute and tiny." What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goldfish · **What happens:** win, keep, stay, be · **To what, where:** goldfish, fair, little round bowl

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 7 «Pets and farm animals» 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/7-pets-and-farm-animals/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Won a goldfish at the fair, gonna keep it in this little round bowl forever, it'll stay cute and tiny."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t5:1
# text = "Won a goldfish at the fair, gonna keep it in this little round bowl forever, it'll stay cute and tiny."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	dep	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
22	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | past |  | a goldfish |  | the fair |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent goldfish=Theme at fair=Asset |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | goldfish |  | little round bowl |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bowl=Location |
| 3 | **stay** *in a quote* | future | goldfish |  |  |  |  | cute *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t5:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It will keep on growing until it is too big and bursts the bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t5:o1:1
# text = It will keep on growing until it is too big and bursts the bowl
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bursts	burst	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | future | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **burst** | present |  | the bowl |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bowl=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Goldfish prefer tiny bowls to ponds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t5:o2:1
# text = Goldfish prefer tiny bowls to ponds
1	Goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bowls	bowl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | Goldfish | tiny bowls |  |  |  | to ponds | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bowl=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, goldfish never grow anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing, goldfish never grow anyway
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow** | present | goldfish | Nothing |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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A tiny bowl stunts and stresses it; it needs a proper tank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:7-pets-and-farm-animals:t5:o4:1
# text = A tiny bowl stunts and stresses it; it needs a proper tank
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stunts	stunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stresses	stress	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stress** | present |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |
| 2 | **need** | present | it | a proper tank |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tank=Theme |

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