--- title: Ascertain the classification of the insects colloquially designated… — Ants: colonies, queens, farmers and li… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the classification of the insects colloquially designated «white ants». Exam question 3 of lesson 238 «Ants: colonies, queens, farmers and living bridges» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/e3/) [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/) / [Ants: colonies, queens, farmers and li…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Ants: colonies, queens, farmers and living bridges Ascertain the classification of the insects colloquially designated «white ants». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, classification · **What happens:** ascertain, designate, classify · **To what, where:** white ants, insects This is exam question 3 of lesson 238 «Ants: colonies, queens, farmers and living bridges» 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/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the classification of the insects colloquially designated «white ants». 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 classification classification NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 colloquially colloquially ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 designated designate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **designate** | past | the classification of the insects | white ants | | | | colloquially *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ant=Theme | | 3 | **classify** | | | the insects | | | | | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} They are a species of albino ant ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:e3:o1:1 # text = They are a species of albino ant 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 albino albino NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | a species | | | | of albino ant | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They are termites, more nearly related to cockroaches than to ants ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:e3:o2:1 # text = They are termites, more nearly related to cockroaches than to ants 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 termites termite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 6 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 cockroaches cockroach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | termites | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are juvenile ants ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:e3:o3:1 # text = They are juvenile ants 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 juvenile juvenile NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | juvenile ants | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are the queens of ant colonies ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges:e3:o4:1 # text = They are the queens of ant colonies 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 colonies colony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | the queens | | | | of ant colonies | tree rules | **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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