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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the camouflage of the tiger in relation to deer? Exam question 2 of lesson 189 «Masters of camouflage» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 2 · Masters of camouflage

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the camouflage of the tiger in relation to deer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** camouflage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 189 «Masters of camouflage» 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/189-masters-of-camouflage/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the camouflage of the tiger in relation to deer?
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	camouflage	camouflage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 camouflage of the tiger in relation |  |  |  | of the following statements; to deer; 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 {#o1}

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It relies upon remaining entirely invisible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:e2:o1:1
# text = It relies upon remaining entirely invisible
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relies	rely	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **remain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | invisible *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Its stripes disrupt its outline, and deer, unable to perceive orange well, see it as blending with vegetation

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:e2:o2:1
# text = Its stripes disrupt its outline, and deer, unable to perceive orange well, see it as blending with vegetation
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disrupt	disrupt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	outline	outline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	perceive	perceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	orange	orange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	blending	blend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disrupt** | present | Its stripes | its outline |  |  |  | deer *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **perceive** | to-infinitive | Its stripes *not said here* | orange |  |  |  | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer orange=Stimulus |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | Its stripes *not said here* | orange |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 4 | **blend** | gerund | Its stripes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with vegetation | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with vegetation=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Deer perceive orange more vividly than human beings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:e2:o3:1
# text = Deer perceive orange more vividly than human beings
1	Deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perceive	perceive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	orange	orange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	vividly	vividly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | present | Deer | orange |  |  |  | vividly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer orange=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The stripes serve exclusively to regulate temperature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:189-masters-of-camouflage:e2:o4:1
# text = The stripes serve exclusively to regulate temperature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	regulate	regulate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the stripes |  |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **regulate** | to-infinitive | the stripes *not said here* | temperature |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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