--- title: Identify the term which denotes the process whereby small animals in… — Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the d… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the term which denotes the process whereby small animals inhabiting predator-free islands attain an unusually large body size. Exam question 1 of lesson 181 «Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kakapos, giants and dwarfs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the d…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kaka… Identify the term which denotes the process whereby small animals inhabiting predator-free islands attain an unusually large body size. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, term, small animals · **What happens:** identify, denote, inhabit, attain · **To what, where:** term, process, predator, large body size This is exam question 1 of lesson 181 «Strange islands: Komodo dragons, the dodo, red crabs, kakapos, giants and dwarfs» 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/181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs:e1:1 # text = Identify the term which denotes the process whereby small animals inhabiting predator-free islands attain an unusually large body size. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 process process NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 9 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 11 inhabiting inhabit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 predator predator NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 attain attain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 unusually unusually ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme | | 2 | **denote** | present | the term | the process | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot process=Topic | | 3 | **inhabit** | gerund | small animals *not said here* | predator | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **attain** | present | small animals | a large body size | | | | whereby *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Theme | 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} Seasonal migration ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs:e1:o1:1 # text = Seasonal migration 1 Seasonal seasonal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 migration migration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Hibernation ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs:e1:o2:1 # text = Hibernation 1 Hibernation hibernation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Island dwarfism ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs:e1:o3:1 # text = Island dwarfism 1 Island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 dwarfism dwarfism NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Island gigantism ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs:e1:o4:1 # text = Island gigantism 1 Island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 gigantism gigantism NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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