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title: Ascertain the reason for which a zoological garden in England withdr… — Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which a zoological garden in England withdrew bananas from the diet of its monkeys. Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops

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Ascertain the reason for which a zoological garden in England withdrew bananas from the diet of its monkeys.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, zoological garden · **What happens:** ascertain, withdraw · **To what, where:** reason, bananas, diet

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» 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/15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which a zoological garden in England withdrew bananas from the diet of its monkeys.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **withdraw** | past | a zoological garden in England | bananas |  | the diet of garden's monkeys |  | for the reason | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent banana=Theme from diet=Initial\_Location |

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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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The high sugar content of cultivated bananas impaired their teeth and digestion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e3:o1:1
# text = The high sugar content of cultivated bananas impaired their teeth and digestion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	cultivated	cultivate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	impaired	impair	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	digestion	digestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cultivate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **impair** | past | the high sugar content of cultivated bananas | bananas's teeth and digestion |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cost of procurement became excessive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e3:o2:1
# text = The cost of procurement became excessive
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	procurement	procurement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the cost of procurement |  |  |  |  | excessive *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cost** |  |  | procurement |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The monkeys declined to consume them in any quantity, preferring the food of the visitors

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e3:o3:1
# text = The monkeys declined to consume them in any quantity, preferring the food of the visitors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	preferring	prefer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | past | the monkeys |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **consume** | to-infinitive | the monkeys *not said here* | monkeys *= monkey* |  | any quantity |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |
| 3 | **prefer** | gerund | the monkeys *not said here* | the food of the visitors |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bananas were found to be poisonous to all primates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e3:o4:1
# text = Bananas were found to be poisonous to all primates
1	Bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	primates	primate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | Bananas |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Bananas *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to all primates; poisonous *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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