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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of dusting insects with a powder prior to feeding? Exam question 3 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» 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 3 · Feeding times and the zoo kitchen

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of dusting insects with a powder prior to feeding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** purpose · **What happens:** follow, characteris, dust, feed · **To what, where:** purpose, insects

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 111 «Feeding times and the zoo kitchen» 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/111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of dusting insects with a powder prior to feeding?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	dusting	dust	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	19	mark	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the purpose |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dust** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* |  | insects |  |  | with a powder | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent insect=Destination with powder=Theme |
| 4 | **feed** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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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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It supplies vitamins and calcium in which insects alone are deficient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e3:o1:1
# text = It supplies vitamins and calcium in which insects alone are deficient
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	supplies	supply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	calcium	calcium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	deficient	deficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | present | It | vitamins and calcium |  |  |  | in which insects; alone *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vitamin=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | deficient *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It renders the insects invisible to the predator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e3:o2:1
# text = It renders the insects invisible to the predator
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	predator	predator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | the insects |  |  |  | invisible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It imparts a sweet flavour preferred by reptiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e3:o3:1
# text = It imparts a sweet flavour preferred by reptiles
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	imparts	impart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impart** | present | It | a sweet flavour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prefer** | participle |  | a sweet flavour *not said here* |  |  |  | by reptiles | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It sedates the insects for the convenience of the keeper and the reptile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen:e3:o4:1
# text = It sedates the insects for the convenience of the keeper and the reptile
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sedates	sedate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	convenience	convenience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	reptile	reptile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sedate** | present | It | the insects |  |  |  | for the convenience of the keeper and the reptile | tree rules |

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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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