--- title: Identify the anatomical structure through which the returning echoes… — Echolocation in the sea and in people:… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the anatomical structure through which the returning echoes are conveyed to the ear of a dolphin. Exam question 1 of lesson 230 «Echolocation in the sea and in people: dolphins, whales, swiftlets and clicking humans» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Echolocation in the sea and in people:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Echolocation in the sea and in people: dolphins, whales, s… Identify the anatomical structure through which the returning echoes are conveyed to the ear of a dolphin. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, return, convey · **To what, where:** anatomical structure, returning echoes, ear This is exam question 1 of lesson 230 «Echolocation in the sea and in people: dolphins, whales, swiftlets and clicking humans» 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/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:e1:1 # text = Identify the anatomical structure through which the returning echoes are conveyed to the ear of a dolphin. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 anatomical anatomical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 structure structure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 echoes echo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dolphin dolphin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the anatomical structure | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent structure=Theme | | 2 | **return** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **convey** | present · passive | | the returning echoes | the ear of a dolphin | the anatomical structure | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to ear=Recipient | 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} The blowhole ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:e1:o1:1 # text = The blowhole 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 blowhole blowhole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The lower jaw ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:e1:o2:1 # text = The lower jaw 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The tail fluke ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:e1:o3:1 # text = The tail fluke 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 fluke fluke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The dorsal fin ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans:e1:o4:1 # text = The dorsal fin 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dorsal dorsal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fin fin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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