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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reproductive capacity of the house mouse? Exam question 2 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 2 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reproductive capacity of the house mouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** reproductive capacity

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» 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/120-how-real-mice-survive/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reproductive capacity of the house mouse?
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	11	det	_	_
10	reproductive	reproductive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 reproductive capacity of the house mouse |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The house mouse reproduces solely by division

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e2:o1:1
# text = The house mouse reproduces solely by division
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reproduces	reproduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reproduce** | present | the house mouse |  |  |  |  | by division; solely *property* | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Young mice are independent from the moment of birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e2:o2:1
# text = Young mice are independent from the moment of birth
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Young mice |  |  |  | moment | independent *property* | tree rules |

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

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A female may produce litters of approximately six to eight young every few weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e2:o3:1
# text = A female may produce litters of approximately six to eight young every few weeks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	litters	litter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | may | a female | litters of six young |  |  | week |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A female produces a single offspring once in her lifetime, after a long pregnancy of a year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e2:o4:1
# text = A female produces a single offspring once in her lifetime, after a long pregnancy of a year
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	offspring	offspring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | a female | a single offspring |  | female's lifetime |  | once *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offspring=Result |

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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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