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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present status of the South China tiger? Exam question 3 of lesson 136 «Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 3 · Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present status of the South China tiger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** present status

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 136 «Kung Fu Panda: real tigers and cranes» 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/136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present status of the South China tiger?
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	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 present status of the China tiger |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It has not been observed in the wild for several decades and is maintained in captivity only

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:e3:o1:1
# text = It has not been observed in the wild for several decades and is maintained in captivity only
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	decades	decade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	captivity	captivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **observe** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  | the wild | decade |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **maintain** | present · passive |  |  |  | captivity |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has never existed save in works of art

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:e3:o2:1
# text = It has never existed save in works of art
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	existed	exist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
5	save	save	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | present |  |  |  | works of art |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **work** |  | art |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is the most numerous tiger in the wild at the present time, inhabiting every province of China

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:e3:o3:1
# text = It is the most numerous tiger in the wild at the present time, inhabiting every province of China
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	inhabiting	inhabit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the numerous tiger |  | the wild | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **inhabit** | gerund |  | every province of China |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It inhabits the forests of Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes:e3:o4:1
# text = It inhabits the forests of Africa
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	inhabits	inhabit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inhabit** | present | It | the forests of Africa |  |  |  |  | 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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