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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the digestive apparatus of the domestic cow? Exam question 1 of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 1 · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the digestive apparatus of the domestic cow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** digestive apparatus

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» 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/209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the digestive apparatus of the domestic cow?
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	11	det	_	_
10	digestive	digestive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	apparatus	apparatus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 digestive apparatus of the domestic cow |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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No stomach whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e1:o1:1
# text = No stomach whatsoever
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A single undivided stomach incapable of digesting grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e1:o2:1
# text = A single undivided stomach incapable of digesting grass
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	undivided	undivided	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	digesting	digest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **digest** | gerund | a single undivided stomach incapable *not said here* | grass |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four entirely separate stomachs, each digesting a distinct food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e1:o3:1
# text = Four entirely separate stomachs, each digesting a distinct food
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stomachs	stomach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
7	digesting	digest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **digest** | gerund | each | a distinct food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A single stomach divided into four compartments, the largest containing microbes which digest grass

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e1:o4:1
# text = A single stomach divided into four compartments, the largest containing microbes which digest grass
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	compartments	compartment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
11	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	microbes	microbe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	digest	digest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | participle |  | a single stomach *not said here* |  | four compartments |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **contain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **digest** | present | the largest containing microbes | grass |  |  |  |  | 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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