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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Pando? — Record-breakers: the biggest and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Pando? Exam question 2 of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 2 · Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Pando?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Pando

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 186 «Record-breakers: the biggest and the smallest» 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/186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Pando?
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	Pando	Pando	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 |  | Pando |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A colony of aspen trees constituting a single plant connected by a common root system

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:e2:o1:1
# text = A colony of aspen trees constituting a single plant connected by a common root system
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	aspen	aspen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	constituting	constitute	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | gerund | aspen trees *not said here* | a single plant |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme plant=Pivot |
| 2 | **connect** | participle |  | a single plant *not said here* |  |  |  | by a common root system | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A forest planted by human beings in the nineteenth century for the purposes of timber and fuel

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:e2:o2:1
# text = A forest planted by human beings in the nineteenth century for the purposes of timber and fuel
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	nineteenth	nineteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	timber	timber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | participle |  | a forest *not said here* |  |  | century | by human beings; for the purposes of timber and fuel | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by being=Destination |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | timber and fuel |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A species of fungus confined to Oregon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:e2:o3:1
# text = A species of fungus confined to Oregon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fungus	fungus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Oregon	Oregon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | participle |  | a species of fungus *not said here* | Oregon |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to oregon=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A solitary sequoia of great age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:186-record-breakers-the-biggest-and-the-smallest:e2:o4:1
# text = A solitary sequoia of great age
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	solitary	solitary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sequoia	sequoia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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