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description: It is given that a person has handled a toad. Ascertain the consequence consistent with established fact. Exam question 4 of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

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It is given that a person has handled a toad. Ascertain the consequence consistent with established fact.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, handle, ascertain, establish · **To what, where:** It, person, consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» 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/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a person has handled a toad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e4:1
# text = It is given that a person has handled a toad.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **handle** | present · perfect · passive |  | a person |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ascertain the consequence consistent with established fact.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the consequence consistent with established fact.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	fact	fact	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 consequence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The person will acquire warts within a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e4:o1:1
# text = The person will acquire warts within a week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	warts	wart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | future | the person | warts |  |  | week |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wart=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The person will not thereby acquire warts, though washing of the hands is advisable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e4:o2:1
# text = The person will not thereby acquire warts, though washing of the hands is advisable
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	warts	wart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	advisable	advisable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **acquire** | future | the person | warts |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wart=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | washing of the hands |  |  |  |  | advisable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wash** |  |  | the hands |  |  |  |  | nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The person will acquire immunity to all warts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e4:o3:1
# text = The person will acquire immunity to all warts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	immunity	immunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	warts	wart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | future | the person | immunity |  |  |  | to all warts | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent immunity=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The person will acquire warts only upon the face and hands, and only after some months

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e4:o4:1
# text = The person will acquire warts only upon the face and hands, and only after some months
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	warts	wart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | future | the person | warts |  |  | month | upon the face and hands | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wart=Theme |

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