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# Exam question 1 · Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the housing of Syrian hamsters?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 202 «Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice» 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/202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the housing of Syrian hamsters?
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	housing	housing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 housing of Syrian hamsters |  |  |  | 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}

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Adult Syrian hamsters ought to be housed singly, since they attack others of their kind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:e1:o1:1
# text = Adult Syrian hamsters ought to be housed singly, since they attack others of their kind
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	housed	house	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	singly	singly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	attack	attack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **house** | ought · passive |  | Adult Syrian hamsters |  |  |  | singly *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value |
| 2 | **attack** | present | hamsters *= hamster* | others of hamsters's kind |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They require the company of a gerbil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:e1:o2:1
# text = They require the company of a gerbil
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gerbil	gerbil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | They | the company of a gerbil |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme company=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They ought invariably to be housed in groups of six or more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:e1:o3:1
# text = They ought invariably to be housed in groups of six or more
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	housed	house	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **house** | ought · passive |  | They |  | groups of six |  | invariably *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in group=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They may be housed with any rodent whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:e1:o4:1
# text = They may be housed with any rodent whatsoever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	housed	house	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	rodent	rodent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **house** | may · passive |  | They |  |  |  | with any rodent; whatsoever *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value |

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