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description: Identify the principal reason for which keepers maintain written records of the conduct and diet of each animal. Exam question 2 of lesson 109 «Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 2 · Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers

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Identify the principal reason for which keepers maintain written records of the conduct and diet of each animal.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, keepers · **What happens:** identify, maintain, write, record · **To what, where:** principal reason, written records, conduct

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 109 «Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which keepers maintain written records of the conduct and diet of each animal.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	maintain	maintain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **maintain** | present | which keepers | written records of the conduct and diet of each animal |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent record=Theme |
| 3 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **record** |  |  | the conduct and diet of each animal |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Small changes observed over several days may reveal illness at an early stage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:e2:o1:1
# text = Small changes observed over several days may reveal illness at an early stage
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | participle |  | Small changes *not said here* |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reveal** | may | Small changes | illness |  | a early stage |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Records are kept only for animals of great value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:e2:o2:1
# text = Records are kept only for animals of great value
1	Records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | Records |  |  |  | for animals of great value | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Records are required solely for publication to visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:e2:o3:1
# text = Records are required solely for publication to visitors
1	Records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	publication	publication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | visitors | Records |  |  |  | for publication; solely *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Records serve chiefly to establish which of the animals the keeper personally prefers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers:e2:o4:1
# text = Records serve chiefly to establish which of the animals the keeper personally prefers
1	Records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	prefers	prefer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | Records |  |  |  |  | chiefly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **establish** | to-infinitive | Records *not said here* | the animals |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |
| 3 | **prefer** | present | the keeper | the animals *not said here* |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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