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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a soft release? Exam question 3 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 of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 3 · Back to the wild: animals that zoos returned to nature

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a soft release?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** soft release

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a soft release?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 |  | a soft release |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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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Animals are released without any preparation whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e3:o1:1
# text = Animals are released without any preparation whatsoever
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | present · passive |  | Animals |  |  |  | without any preparation; whatsoever *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Animals are released solely during the hours of darkness so that they remain unseen by predators

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e3:o2:1
# text = Animals are released solely during the hours of darkness so that they remain unseen by predators
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | present · passive |  | Animals |  |  | hour | solely *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **remain** | present | Animals *= animal* |  |  |  |  | by predators; unseen *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by predator=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Animals are first accommodated in large enclosures within the wild habitat in order to adapt

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e3:o3:1
# text = Animals are first accommodated in large enclosures within the wild habitat in order to adapt
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	accommodated	accommodate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	enclosures	enclosure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	habitat	habitat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	adapt	adapt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accommodate** | present · passive |  | Animals |  | large enclosures |  | within the wild habitat in order; first *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **adapt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Animals are released only onto artificial grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:114-back-to-the-wild:e3:o4:1
# text = Animals are released only onto artificial grass
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | present · passive |  | Animals |  |  |  |  | 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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