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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the comb jelly? Exam question 2 of lesson 175 «The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest daily journey on Earth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the comb jelly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** comb jelly

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 175 «The twilight zone: barreleyes, lanternfish and the biggest daily journey on Earth» 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/175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the comb jelly?
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	11	det	_	_
10	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 comb jelly |  |  |  | of the following statements; 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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It is a true jellyfish of exceptional venom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:e2:o1:1
# text = It is a true jellyfish of exceptional venom
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a true jellyfish |  |  |  | of exceptional venom | tree rules |

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

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It produces rainbow colours by means of beating hairs and possesses no stinging cells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:e2:o2:1
# text = It produces rainbow colours by means of beating hairs and possesses no stinging cells
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	beating	beat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	ccomp	_	_
9	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
13	stinging	stinging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | It | rainbow colours |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Result |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **beat** | gerund |  | hairs |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hair=Theme |
| 4 | **possess** | present |  | no stinging cells |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cell=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It emits electric discharges to stun its prey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:e2:o3:1
# text = It emits electric discharges to stun its prey
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	emits	emit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	discharges	discharge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stun	stun	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emit** | present | It | electric discharges |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source discharge=Theme |
| 2 | **stun** | to-infinitive |  | its prey |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prey=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a species of fish with transparent skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:175-the-twilight-zone-barreleyes-lanternfish-and-the-biggest-daily-journey-on-earth:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a species of fish with transparent skin
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	transparent	transparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a species |  |  |  | of fish; with transparent skin | tree rules |

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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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