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description: Identify the principal condition that must be satisfied prior to the release of a captive-bred species. Exam question 2 of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 2 · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

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Identify the principal condition that must be satisfied prior to the release of a captive-bred species.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal condition · **What happens:** identify, be, breed · **To what, where:** principal condition

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 114 «Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature» 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/114-back-to-the-wild/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal condition that must be satisfied prior to the release of a captive-bred species.
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	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	captive	captive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	bred	breed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	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 condition |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | must | the principal condition |  |  |  |  | prior the release of a bred species; satisfied *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **breed** | 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 {#o1}

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The species must first be exhibited for a period of ten years in no fewer than three zoos

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e2:o1:1
# text = The species must first be exhibited for a period of ten years in no fewer than three zoos
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
15	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	_
16	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | must · passive |  | the species |  | no three zoos |  | for a period of ten years; first *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The habitat must be protected and the original cause of decline removed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e2:o2:1
# text = The habitat must be protected and the original cause of decline removed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	habitat	habitat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	decline	decline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | must · passive |  | the habitat |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **remove** | participle |  | decline *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | decline |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The animals must have been born in the wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e2:o3:1
# text = The animals must have been born in the wild
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | must · perfect · passive |  | the animals |  | the wild |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The release must coincide with the opening of the zoo season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e2:o4:1
# text = The release must coincide with the opening of the zoo season
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	coincide	coincide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coincide** | must | the release |  |  |  |  | with the opening of the zoo season | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with opening=Co-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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