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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between the clownfish and the sea anemone? Exam question 1 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 1 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between the clownfish and the sea anemone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** relationship

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» 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/173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between the clownfish and the sea anemone?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the relationship and the sea anemone |  |  |  | of the following statements; between the clownfish; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The clownfish consumes the anemone gradually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:e1:o1:1
# text = The clownfish consumes the anemone gradually
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	gradually	gradually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | the clownfish | the anemone |  |  |  | gradually *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anemone=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The anemone stings the clownfish to death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:e1:o2:1
# text = The anemone stings the clownfish to death
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stings	sting	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | present | the anemone | the clownfish |  |  |  | to death | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus clownfish=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The two organisms are entirely indifferent to each other and never interact in any manner

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:e1:o3:1
# text = The two organisms are entirely indifferent to each other and never interact in any manner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	organisms	organism	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	6	obl	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	interact	interact	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the two organisms |  |  |  |  | to each; entirely, indifferent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **interact** | infinitive | the two organisms *not said here* |  |  | any manner |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Each confers protection upon the other, the fish repelling predators of the anemone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:e1:o4:1
# text = Each confers protection upon the other, the fish repelling predators of the anemone
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	confers	confer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	repelling	repel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | present | Each | protection |  |  |  | upon the other | tree rules |
| 2 | **repel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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