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description: Ascertain the principal mechanism by which a dog dissipates excess bodily heat. Exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» 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 3 · Wolves and dogs

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Ascertain the principal mechanism by which a dog dissipates excess bodily heat.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dog · **What happens:** ascertain, dissipate · **To what, where:** principal mechanism, excess bodily heat

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» 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/24-wolves-and-dogs/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the principal mechanism by which a dog dissipates excess bodily heat.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	mechanism	mechanism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dissipates	dissipate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	excess	excess	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	bodily	bodily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal mechanism |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mechanism=Topic |
| 2 | **dissipate** | present | a dog | excess bodily heat |  |  |  | by the principal mechanism | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Panting, whereby moisture evaporates from the tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e3:o1:1
# text = Panting, whereby moisture evaporates from the tongue
1	Panting	pant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	moisture	moisture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pant** | gerund | moisture *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **evaporate** | present | moisture |  |  | the tongue |  | whereby *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The shedding of the coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e3:o2:1
# text = The shedding of the coat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shedding	shedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shed** |  | the coat |  |  |  |  |  | nom shedding «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Profuse sweating across the entire skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e3:o3:1
# text = Profuse sweating across the entire skin
1	Profuse	profuse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sweating	sweat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweat** | gerund |  |  |  | the entire skin |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across skin=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The flapping of the ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:24-wolves-and-dogs:e3:o4:1
# text = The flapping of the ears
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flapping	flapping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flap** |  |  | the ears |  |  |  |  | nom flapping «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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