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title: Ascertain the principal reason for which the giant panda devotes man… — Mountains of the world: snow leopards,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the principal reason for which the giant panda devotes many hours each day to feeding. Exam question 4 of lesson 183 «Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese, condors and Everest spiders» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese,…

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Ascertain the principal reason for which the giant panda devotes many hours each day to feeding.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, giant panda · **What happens:** ascertain, devote · **To what, where:** principal reason, feeding

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 183 «Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese, condors and Everest spiders» 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/183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the principal reason for which the giant panda devotes many hours each day to feeding.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	panda	panda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	devotes	devote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **devote** | present | the giant panda |  |  |  | day; hour | to feeding *goal*; for the principal reason | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent to feeding=Goal |

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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 compelled to store food for hibernation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e4:o1:1
# text = It is compelled to store food for hibernation
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	store	store	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hibernation	hibernation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **store** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  |  | for hibernation | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It consumes chiefly meat, which is scarce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e4:o2:1
# text = It consumes chiefly meat, which is scarce
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	chiefly	chiefly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	scarce	scarce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | It | chiefly meat |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | present | chiefly meat |  |  |  |  | scarce *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its teeth are unable to chew rapidly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e4:o3:1
# text = Its teeth are unable to chew rapidly
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Its teeth |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** | to-infinitive | Its teeth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rapidly *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Bamboo yields comparatively little energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e4:o4:1
# text = Bamboo yields comparatively little energy
1	Bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	yields	yield	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	comparatively	comparatively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yield** | present | Bamboo | little energy |  |  |  | comparatively *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

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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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