Test 2 · ★ · Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory?

A cartoon goldfish sees the castle in its bowl and gasps «new castle!» every lap. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon goldfish · What happens: see, gasp, be · To what, where: castle, bowl, new castle

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 152 «Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory?» of the biology 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.

The question

Sentence 1: A cartoon goldfish sees the castle in its bowl and gasps «new castle!» every lap.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 goldfish	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goldfish	compound
3	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	nsubj
4	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bowl	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bowl	nmod:poss
9	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gasps	cc
11	gasps	gasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sees	conj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 castle	punct
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 castle	amod
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gasps	obj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 castle	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 castle	punct
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 lap	det
18	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gasps	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	a cartoon goldfish	the castle		goldfish's bowl			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus
2	gasp	present	a cartoon goldfish not said here	new castle					tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Real goldfish cannot see castles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 goldfish	amod
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	castles	castle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	Real goldfish	castles					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus

Option 2

Real goldfish remember only gold things, so they would forget a grey castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 goldfish	amod
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remember	nsubj
3	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 things	advmod
5	gold	gold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remember	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 forget	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 forget	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 forget	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 forget	aux
11	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 remember	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 castle	det
13	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 castle	amod
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	Real goldfish	gold things					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	forget	would	goldfish	a grey castle					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a joke; real goldfish remember their surroundings for weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 joke	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 remember	punct
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 goldfish	amod
7	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 remember	nsubj
8	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	parataxis
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 surroundings	nmod:poss
10	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 remember	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 weeks	case
12	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 remember	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a joke					tree rules
2	remember	present	real goldfish	goldfish's surroundings			week		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent surroundings=Theme

Option 4

That is exactly how goldfish think

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 how	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 how	cop
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 how	advmod
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
5	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 think	nsubj
6	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 how	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					exactly, how property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	goldfish						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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