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title: Identify the principal reason for which the medication of an animal… — Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the medication of an animal is concealed within a favoured food. Exam question 2 of lesson 110 «Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 2 · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

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Identify the principal reason for which the medication of an animal is concealed within a favoured food.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, conceal, favour · **To what, where:** principal reason, medication

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 110 «Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital» 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/110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the medication of an animal is concealed within a favoured food.
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	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	favoured	favour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **conceal** | present · passive |  | the medication of a animal |  |  |  | for the principal reason; within a favoured food | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **favour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The food increases the potency of the medicine twofold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e2:o1:1
# text = The food increases the potency of the medicine twofold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	increases	increase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	potency	potency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	twofold	twofold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | the food | the potency of the medicine twofold |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer potency=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Animals commonly reject bitter tablets offered alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e2:o2:1
# text = Animals commonly reject bitter tablets offered alone
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	reject	reject	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | present | Animals | bitter tablets |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  | bitter tablets *not said here* |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Animals are unable to swallow objects of any other form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e2:o3:1
# text = Animals are unable to swallow objects of any other form
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Animals |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **swallow** | to-infinitive | Animals *not said here* | objects of any other form |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The medicine dissolves without such a covering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e2:o4:1
# text = The medicine dissolves without such a covering
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	7	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	covering	covering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | present | the medicine |  |  |  |  | without such covering | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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