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title: Identify the principal function of the snout of the domestic pig. — Pigs: mud, snouts and brains · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of the snout of the domestic pig. Exam question 2 of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Pigs: mud, snouts and brains

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Identify the principal function of the snout of the domestic pig.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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/210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal function of the snout of the domestic pig.
1	Identify	identify	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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snout	snout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of the snout of the domestic pig |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |

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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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Serving as an organ for climbing trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e2:o1:1
# text = Serving as an organ for climbing trees
1	Serving	serve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	organ	organ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | as a organ | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as organ=Attribute |
| 2 | **climb** | gerund |  | trees |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Regulating the body temperature by sweating through the nostrils on hot days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e2:o2:1
# text = Regulating the body temperature by sweating through the nostrils on hot days
1	Regulating	regulate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sweating	sweat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nostrils	nostril	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regulate** | gerund |  | the body temperature |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sweat** | gerund |  |  |  | the nostrils | day |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through nostril=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Rooting in the soil for roots and grubs, with great sensitivity of smell and touch

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e2:o3:1
# text = Rooting in the soil for roots and grubs, with great sensitivity of smell and touch
1	Rooting	root	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grubs	grub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sensitivity	sensitivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **root** | gerund |  |  |  | the soil |  | for roots and grubs; with great sensitivity of smell and touch | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in soil=Location for root=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Producing the animal's characteristic squeal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e2:o4:1
# text = Producing the animal's characteristic squeal
1	Producing	produce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	characteristic	characteristic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	squeal	squeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | gerund |  | the animal's characteristic squeal |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squeal=Result |
| 2 | **squeal** |  | the animal |  |  |  |  |  | nom squeal «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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