Test 7 · ★ · Myth check: do goldfish have a three-second memory?

«we're moving, just chuck the goldfish in the lake, it'll be free» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, it, best answer · What happens: move, chuck, be · To what, where: goldfish, lake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 moving	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 moving	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moving	aux
4	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 free	csubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 chuck	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 chuck	advmod
7	chuck	chuck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 moving	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goldfish	det
9	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chuck	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 lake	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lake	det
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chuck	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 moving	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 free	nsubj
15	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 free	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 free	cop
17	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 free	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 free	advcl
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 What	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 answer	det
22	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 answer	amod
23	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 What	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 free	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	move in a quote	present · progressive	we				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	chuck in a quote	infinitive		the goldfish	the lake		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent goldfish=Theme in lake=Destination
3	is in a quote	future	it			free property	tree rules
4	is a	present	the best answer				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.

The options

Option 1

Fine, if you do it at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 do	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	parataxis
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 do	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	you	it			night		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

Fine, goldfish belong in lakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goldfish	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 belong	nsubj
4	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 lakes	case
6	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 belong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	Fine goldfish			lakes			vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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

Don't; it can grow huge and harm the lake's own fish, so give it to a new owner

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 grow	advcl
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Do	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 grow	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grow	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 grow	aux
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grow	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 harm	cc
9	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 grow	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lake	det
11	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fish	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 lake	case
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fish	amod
14	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 harm	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 give	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 give	advmod
17	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 grow	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 give	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 owner	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 owner	det
21	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 owner	amod
22	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not do	infinitive					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grow	can	it			huge property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	harm	infinitive		the lake's own fish			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fish=Experiencer
4	give	infinitive		fish	a new owner		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to owner=Recipient

Option 4

Fine, it will die within a day anyway, so it makes no difference where it goes

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 die	nsubj:outer
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 die	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 die	aux
5	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 die	obl
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 die	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 makes	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 makes	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 makes	nsubj
13	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 die	parataxis
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 difference	det
15	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 makes	obj
16	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 goes	advmod
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 goes	nsubj
18	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 difference	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	die	future	Fine		day	anyway property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	make	present	it	no difference			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product
3	go	present	difference				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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