--- title: Identify the principal reason for which the hippopotamus does not fl… — Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which the hippopotamus does not float. Exam question 2 of lesson 128 «Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes Identify the principal reason for which the hippopotamus does not float. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, hippopotamus · **What happens:** identify, not float · **To what, where:** principal reason This is exam question 2 of lesson 128 «Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes» 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/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which the hippopotamus does not float. 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 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hippopotamus hippopotamus NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **not** **float** | present · do-support | the hippopotamus | | | | | for the principal reason | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} It is devoid of lungs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:e2:o1:1 # text = It is devoid of lungs 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 devoid devoid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | of lungs; devoid *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Its skin is composed of mineral matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:e2:o2:1 # text = Its skin is composed of mineral matter 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 mineral mineral NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 matter matter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | present · passive | | Its skin | | | | of mineral | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 2 | **matter** | present | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Its bones are of great density and weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:e2:o3:1 # text = Its bones are of great density and weight 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 density density NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Its bones | | | | | of great density and weight | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It ingests a large quantity of water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes:e2:o4:1 # text = It ingests a large quantity of water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ingests ingest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ingest** | present | It | a large quantity of water | | | | | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal quantity=Theme | **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. 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