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title: Ascertain the phenomenon designated as coral bleaching. — Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the phenomenon designated as coral bleaching. Exam question 4 of lesson 132 «Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones

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Ascertain the phenomenon designated as coral bleaching.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, designate · **To what, where:** phenomenon

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 132 «Finding Nemo: real clownfish and sea anemones» 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/132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the phenomenon designated as coral bleaching.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	coral	coral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bleaching	bleaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 phenomenon |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phenomenon=Topic |
| 2 | **designate** | participle |  | the phenomenon *not said here* |  |  |  | as coral bleaching | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as bleaching=Attribute |

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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 washing of coral by waves of unusual force during violent storms at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:e4:o1:1
# text = The washing of coral by waves of unusual force during violent storms at sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	coral	coral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	unusual	unusual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** |  | waves of unusual force | coral |  |  | during violent storms at sea |  | nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent during=obl |
| 2 | **wave** |  |  | unusual force |  |  |  |  | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The nightly alteration of coral colour by moonlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:e4:o2:1
# text = The nightly alteration of coral colour by moonlight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nightly	nightly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	coral	coral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** |  | moonlight | coral colour |  |  |  |  | nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The growth of new white branches in the spring season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:e4:o3:1
# text = The growth of new white branches in the spring season
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** |  | new white branches in the spring season |  |  |  |  |  | nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The expulsion by coral of its algae in excessively warm water, with consequent whitening

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones:e4:o4:1
# text = The expulsion by coral of its algae in excessively warm water, with consequent whitening
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	expulsion	expulsion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	coral	coral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	algae	alga	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	consequent	consequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	whitening	whitening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** |  | coral of coral's algae |  |  | warm water |  |  | nom expulsion «act transitive»: by=agent in=place |

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