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description: Ascertain the term which designates an association between two species from which both derive benefit, as between the banded mongoose and the warthog. Exam question 4 of lesson 125 «Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 4 · Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs

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Ascertain the term which designates an association between two species from which both derive benefit, as between the banded mongoose and the warthog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, term · **What happens:** ascertain, designate, derive, band · **To what, where:** term, association, benefit, two species

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 125 «Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs» 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/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the term which designates an association between two species from which both derive benefit, as between the banded mongoose and the warthog.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	designates	designate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	association	association	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
13	both	both	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	between	between	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	banded	band	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	amod	_	_
21	mongoose	mongoose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	warthog	warthog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 term |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic |
| 2 | **designate** | present | the term | a association |  |  |  | between two species | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent association=Theme |
| 3 | **derive** | present |  | benefit and the banded mongoose and the warthog |  | two species |  | both *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent benefit=Result from which=Material |
| 4 | **band** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Hibernation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:e4:o1:1
# text = Hibernation
1	Hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Mutualism

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:e4:o2:1
# text = Mutualism
1	Mutualism	mutualism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Migration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:e4:o3:1
# text = Migration
1	Migration	migration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Predation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs:e4:o4:1
# text = Predation
1	Predation	predation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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