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title: Ascertain the significance of the capacity of the golden bamboo lemu… — Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the significance of the capacity of the golden bamboo lemur to consume bamboo containing cyanide. Exam question 4 of lesson 163 «Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 4 · Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa

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Ascertain the significance of the capacity of the golden bamboo lemur to consume bamboo containing cyanide.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bamboo · **What happens:** ascertain, consume, contain · **To what, where:** significance, bamboo, cyanide

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 163 «Madagascar: lemurs of every kind and the fossa» 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/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the significance of the capacity of the golden bamboo lemur to consume bamboo containing cyanide.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	lemur	lemur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	cyanide	cyanide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 significance of the capacity of the golden bamboo lemur |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic |
| 2 | **consume** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | bamboo |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bamboo=Asset |
| 3 | **contain** | gerund | bamboo *not said here* | cyanide |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cyanide=Theme |

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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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The colouring of its fur to a golden hue that hides it in the bamboo forests

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:e4:o1:1
# text = The colouring of its fur to a golden hue that hides it in the bamboo forests
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colouring	colouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hue	hue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | a golden hue | hue |  | the bamboo forests |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in forest=Location |

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

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Access to a food resource for which there exists little competition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:e4:o2:1
# text = Access to a food resource for which there exists little competition
1	Access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	resource	resource	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
9	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | Access to a food resource | little competition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ability to dispense with water entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:e4:o3:1
# text = The ability to dispense with water entirely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	dispense	dispense	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispense** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with water; entirely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The acquisition of venom for the purposes of defence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa:e4:o4:1
# text = The acquisition of venom for the purposes of defence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	defence	defence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** |  |  | venom |  |  |  | for the purposes of defence | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | defence |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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