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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relative mortality as between sharks and human beings? Exam question 3 of lesson 134 «Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relative mortality as between sharks and human beings?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** relative mortality

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 134 «Finding Nemo: real sharks, anglerfish, pelicans and gulls» 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/134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relative mortality as between sharks and human beings?
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	relative	relative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mortality	mortality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	between	between	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 relative mortality |  |  |  | of the following statements; as sharks and human beings; 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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Sharks kill many millions of persons annually, whereas human beings kill very few sharks

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:e3:o1:1
# text = Sharks kill many millions of persons annually, whereas human beings kill very few sharks
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	annually	annually	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | Sharks | many millions of persons |  |  |  | annually *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | present | human beings | few sharks |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Theme |

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

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Human beings kill many millions of sharks annually, whereas sharks kill a very small number of persons

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:e3:o2:1
# text = Human beings kill many millions of sharks annually, whereas sharks kill a very small number of persons
1	Human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	annually	annually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	whereas	whereas	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
11	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | Human beings | many millions of sharks |  |  |  | annually *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | present | sharks | whereas |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus whereas=Experiencer number=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The numbers killed on each side are approximately equal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:e3:o3:1
# text = The numbers killed on each side are approximately equal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | the numbers *not said here* |  |  | each side |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | the numbers |  |  |  |  | approximately, equal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither party is ever responsible for the death of the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:134-finding-nemo-real-sharks-anglerfish-and-seabirds:e3:o4:1
# text = Neither party is ever responsible for the death of the other
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | neither party |  |  |  | ever | for the death of the other; responsible *property* | 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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