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description: Ascertain the consequence for public safety of the development of the funnel-web spider antivenom in 1981. Exam question 4 of lesson 166 «Australia's venomous animals and why few people die» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Australia's venomous animals and why few people die

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Ascertain the consequence for public safety of the development of the funnel-web spider antivenom in 1981.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, develop · **To what, where:** consequence, 1981, spider antivenom

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 166 «Australia's venomous animals and why few people die» 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/166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the consequence for public safety of the development of the funnel-web spider antivenom in 1981.
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	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	development	development	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
12	funnel	funnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	antivenom	antivenom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	1981	1981	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	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 consequence |  | 1981 |  | for public safety of the development of the spider antivenom | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition consequence=Theme for safety=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **develop** |  |  | the spider antivenom |  |  |  |  | nom development «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Funnel-web spiders thereafter ceased entirely to bite human beings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e4:o1:1
# text = Funnel-web spiders thereafter ceased entirely to bite human beings
1	Funnel	funnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ceased	cease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | past | web spiders |  |  |  |  | entirely, thereafter *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive | web spiders *not said here* | human beings |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent being=Patient |

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

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No death from a funnel-web bite is known to have occurred since its introduction

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e4:o2:1
# text = No death from a funnel-web bite is known to have occurred since its introduction
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	funnel	funnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	web	web	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
13	occurred	occur	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	xcomp	_	_
14	since	since	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · passive |  | no death from a web bite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **occur** | to-infinitive · perfect |  |  |  |  | since death's introduction |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **introduce** |  | death |  |  |  |  |  | nom introduction «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The species was rendered extinct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e4:o3:1
# text = The species was rendered extinct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | past · passive |  | the species |  |  |  | extinct *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bites thereafter became considerably more frequently fatal than before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die:e4:o4:1
# text = Bites thereafter became considerably more frequently fatal than before
1	Bites	bite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
6	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	before	before	ADV	RB	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | Bites |  |  |  |  | fatal, thereafter *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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