Test 2 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

«a tiny fish just swam INTO a big fish's mouth and came out?? how» What is going on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: tiny fish · What happens: swim, come out, go on · To what, where: mouth

This is test 2 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» 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	_	6 swam	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fish	det
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fish	amod
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swam	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 swam	advmod
6	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	INTO	into	ADP	_	12 mouth	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fish	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fish	amod
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mouth	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 fish	case
12	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swam	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 came	cc
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 swam	conj
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 came	advmod
16	??	??	PUNCT	_	6 swam	punct
17	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 »	advmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 swam	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 going	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 going	aux
21	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 swam	conj
22	on	on	ADP	_	21 going	compound:prt
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 swam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	swim in a quote	past	a tiny fish	a big fish's mouth		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into mouth=Destination
2	come out in a quote	past	a tiny fish not said here		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3	go on	present · progressive				vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The tiny fish was stealing the big fish's teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fish	amod
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stealing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stealing	aux
5	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fish	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fish	amod
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teeth	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 fish	case
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · progressive	the tiny fish	the big fish's teeth					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tooth=Theme

Option 2

It was a fish being eaten that escaped by magic

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	6 eaten	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 eaten	aux:pass
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eaten	nsubj:pass
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 eaten	aux:pass
6	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 escaped	mark
8	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 eaten	advcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 magic	case
10	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 escaped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · passive		It					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	escape	participle						by magic	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It is a cleaner fish picking off parasites, and the big fish lets it

The tree, 14 words

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	5 fish	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fish	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
4	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	compound
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 fish	acl
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 picking	compound:prt
8	parasites	parasite	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 picking	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lets	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lets	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fish	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fish	amod
13	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lets	nsubj
14	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fish	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a cleaner fish	tree rules
2	pick off	gerund	a cleaner fish not said here	parasites	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parasite=Patient
3	let	present	the big fish	it	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

The big fish was asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fish	amod
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asleep	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	cop
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the big fish					asleep property	tree rules

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