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title: Ascertain the method by which the efficacy of enrichment is customar… — Training and enrichment: keeping zoo a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the method by which the efficacy of enrichment is customarily evaluated. Exam question 4 of lesson 112 «Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and healthy» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 4 · Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and heal…

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Ascertain the method by which the efficacy of enrichment is customarily evaluated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, method · **What happens:** ascertain, evaluate · **To what, where:** method, efficacy

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 112 «Training and enrichment: keeping zoo animals busy and healthy» 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/112-training-and-enrichment/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the method by which the efficacy of enrichment is customarily evaluated.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	enrichment	enrichment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	evaluated	evaluate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the method |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Topic |
| 2 | **evaluate** | present · passive | the method | the efficacy of enrichment |  |  |  | customarily *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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By the assessment of the cost of each device

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:e4:o1:1
# text = By the assessment of the cost of each device
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assess** |  |  | the cost of each device |  |  |  |  | nom assessment «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **cost** |  |  | each device |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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

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By the recording of behaviours such as pacing, play and rest before and after its provision

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:e4:o2:1
# text = By the recording of behaviours such as pacing, play and rest before and after its provision
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	recording	recording	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	behaviours	behaviour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	pacing	pacing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	rest	rest	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
13	before	before	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the recording of behaviours such pacing | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rest** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | before *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **provide** |  | pacing |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By the solicitation of written opinions from members of the visiting public at the enclosure

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:e4:o3:1
# text = By the solicitation of written opinions from members of the visiting public at the enclosure
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	solicitation	solicitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	opinions	opinion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **visit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **solicit** |  |  | written opinions from members of the visiting public |  | the enclosure |  |  | nom solicitation «communication transitive»: of=patient at=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By the weighing of the enrichment devices after use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:112-training-and-enrichment:e4:o4:1
# text = By the weighing of the enrichment devices after use
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	weighing	weighing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	enrichment	enrichment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weigh** |  |  | the enrichment devices after use |  |  |  |  | nom weighing «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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