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# Exam question 4 · Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the information which a veterinary surgeon may obtain from the microscopic and chemical examination of dung.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** veterinary surgeon · **What happens:** obtain, examine · **To what, where:** State information, microscopic examination, dung

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e4:1
# text = State the information which a veterinary surgeon may obtain from the microscopic and chemical examination of dung.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	microscopic	microscopic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dung	dung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | may | a veterinary surgeon | the State information |  | the microscopic examination of dung |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent which=Theme from examination=Source |
| 2 | **examine** |  |  | dung |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The presence of worm eggs and germs, and the levels of hormones indicating stress or pregnancy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e4:o1:1
# text = The presence of worm eggs and germs, and the levels of hormones indicating stress or pregnancy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	levels	level	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hormones	hormone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	indicating	indicate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
15	stress	stress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | gerund | the levels of hormones | stress or pregnancy |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stress=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing of medical value whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e4:o2:1
# text = Nothing of medical value whatsoever
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The identity of the keeper preferred by the animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e4:o3:1
# text = The identity of the keeper preferred by the animal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | participle |  | the identity of the keeper *not said here* |  |  |  | by the animal | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The precise age at which the animal will die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital:e4:o4:1
# text = The precise age at which the animal will die
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | future | the animal |  |  |  | at the precise age |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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