--- title: Ascertain the faculty by which the pit viper detects warm-blooded pr… — Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes a… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the faculty by which the pit viper detects warm-blooded prey in darkness. Exam question 4 of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/e4/) [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/) / [Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys Ascertain the faculty by which the pit viper detects warm-blooded prey in darkness. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pit viper · **What happens:** ascertain, detect · **To what, where:** faculty, blooded prey, darkness This is exam question 4 of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» 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/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the faculty by which the pit viper detects warm-blooded prey in darkness. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 faculty faculty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 viper viper NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 detects detect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 blooded blooded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the faculty | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faculty=Topic | | 2 | **detect** | present | the pit viper | blooded prey | | darkness | | by the faculty | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer prey=Stimulus | 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} Eyes which emit light of their own ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:e4:o1:1 # text = Eyes which emit light of their own 1 Eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 emit emit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **emit** | present | Eyes | light of Eyes's own | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source light=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The sense of taste in its scales ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:e4:o2:1 # text = The sense of taste in its scales 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in 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 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sense** | | | taste | | taste's scales | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient in=place | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Pits upon the face which are sensitive to heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:e4:o3:1 # text = Pits upon the face which are sensitive to heat 1 Pits pit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nmod _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 sensitive sensitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 heat heat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Pits upon the face Pits upon the face Pits | | | | | sensitive *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **heat** | to-infinitive | Pits upon the face Pits upon the face Pits *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} External ears of exceptional sensitivity ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:e4:o4:1 # text = External ears of exceptional sensitivity 1 External external ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 exceptional exceptional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sensitivity sensitivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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