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title: Ascertain the principal consequence for the polar bear of the progre… — The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal consequence for the polar bear of the progressive diminution of Arctic sea ice. Exam question 4 of lesson 169 «The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark and the unicorn's tooth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 4 · The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark a…

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Ascertain the principal consequence for the polar bear of the progressive diminution of Arctic sea ice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Arctic sea ice · **What happens:** ascertain, diminish · **To what, where:** principal consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 169 «The Arctic Ocean: walruses, bowheads, the 400-year shark and the unicorn's tooth» 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/169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the principal consequence for the polar bear of the progressive diminution of Arctic sea ice.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	progressive	progressive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	diminution	diminution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	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 principal consequence |  |  |  | for the polar bear of the progressive diminution of Arctic sea ice | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition consequence=Theme for bear=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **diminish** |  | Arctic sea ice |  |  |  |  |  | nom diminution «process intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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A reduction in the time available for hunting seals from the ice and longer distances to be swum

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:e4:o1:1
# text = A reduction in the time available for hunting seals from the ice and longer distances to be swum
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	distances	distance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	swum	swim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The adoption of a diet of plants exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:e4:o2:1
# text = The adoption of a diet of plants exclusively
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** |  |  | a diet of plants |  |  |  |  | nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A migration of the species to Antarctica

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:e4:o3:1
# text = A migration of the species to Antarctica
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	migration	migration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **migrate** |  | the species to Antarctica |  |  |  |  |  | nom migration «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An increase in body weight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:169-the-arctic-ocean-walruses-bowheads-the-400-year-shark-and-the-unicorns-tooth:e4:o4:1
# text = An increase in body weight
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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