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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the diet of the vampire squid? Exam question 2 of lesson 176 «The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale falls» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 2 · The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the diet of the vampire squid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** diet

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 176 «The deep dark: anglerfish, giant squid, blobfish and whale falls» 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/176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the diet of the vampire squid?
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	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	vampire	vampire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 diet of the vampire squid |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It consumes exclusively living crabs captured upon the sea floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:e2:o1:1
# text = It consumes exclusively living crabs captured upon the sea floor
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | It | living crabs |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crab=Asset |
| 2 | **capture** | participle |  | living crabs *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the sea floor | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It hunts whales of considerable size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:e2:o2:1
# text = It hunts whales of considerable size
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | It | whales of considerable size |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It consumes drifting particles of dead organic matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:e2:o3:1
# text = It consumes drifting particles of dead organic matter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	drifting	drift	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	particles	particle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	organic	organic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | It | drifting particles of dead organic matter |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent particle=Asset |
| 2 | **drift** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It subsists upon the blood of fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:176-the-deep-dark-anglerfish-giant-squid-blobfish-and-whale-falls:e2:o4:1
# text = It subsists upon the blood of fish
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **subsist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | upon the blood of fish | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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