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description: State the depth of the Challenger Deep and the year in which it was first attained by human beings. Exam question 3 of lesson 177 «Vents and trenches: tubeworms, iron snails, the Challenger Deep and life without sunlight» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 3 · Vents and trenches: tubeworms, iron snails, the Challenger…

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State the depth of the Challenger Deep and the year in which it was first attained by human beings.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, human beings · **What happens:** state, attain · **To what, where:** depth

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 177 «Vents and trenches: tubeworms, iron snails, the Challenger Deep and life without sunlight» 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/177-vents-and-trenches-tubeworms-iron-snails-the-challenger-deep-and-life-without-sunlight/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:177-vents-and-trenches-tubeworms-iron-snails-the-challenger-deep-and-life-without-sunlight:e3:1
# text = State the depth of the Challenger Deep and the year in which it was first attained by human beings.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Challenger	Challenger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Deep	Deep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	advmod	_	_
16	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the depth of the Challenger Deep and the year |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent depth=Topic |
| 2 | **attain** | past · passive | human beings | depth |  |  | in the year | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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Nearly fifty kilometres; never attained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:177-vents-and-trenches-tubeworms-iron-snails-the-challenger-deep-and-life-without-sunlight:e3:o1:1
# text = Nearly fifty kilometres; never attained
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **attain** | participle · passive |  | fifty kilometres |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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Nearly eleven kilometres; first attained in 1960

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:177-vents-and-trenches-tubeworms-iron-snails-the-challenger-deep-and-life-without-sunlight:e3:o2:1
# text = Nearly eleven kilometres; first attained in 1960
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1960	1960	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | participle · passive |  | eleven kilometres |  | 1960 |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nearly one kilometre; first attained in 1860

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:177-vents-and-trenches-tubeworms-iron-snails-the-challenger-deep-and-life-without-sunlight:e3:o3:1
# text = Nearly one kilometre; first attained in 1860
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1860	1860	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | participle |  | one kilometre *not said here* |  | 1860 |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nearly eleven kilometres; first attained in 2019

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:177-vents-and-trenches-tubeworms-iron-snails-the-challenger-deep-and-life-without-sunlight:e3:o4:1
# text = Nearly eleven kilometres; first attained in 2019
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	2019	2019	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | participle · passive |  | eleven kilometres |  | 2019 |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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