--- title: Ascertain the purpose served by the spreading of the hood in the cob… — Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the purpose served by the spreading of the hood in the cobra. Exam question 4 of lesson 246 «Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish, scorpions and the platypus» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus/e4/) [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/) / [Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish, scorpions and the pl… Ascertain the purpose served by the spreading of the hood in the cobra. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, serve, spread · **To what, where:** purpose, hood This is exam question 4 of lesson 246 «Defences: venom in snakes, jellyfish, scorpions and the platypus» 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/246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the purpose served by the spreading of the hood in the cobra. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spreading spreading NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cobra cobra NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic | | 2 | **serve** | participle | | the purpose *not said here* | | | | by the spreading of the hood in the cobra | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spread** | | | the hood in the cobra | | | | | nom spreading «event 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} The capture of airborne insects ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus:e4:o1:1 # text = The capture of airborne insects 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 capture capture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 airborne airborne ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **capture** | | | airborne insects | | | | | nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The attraction of prey by imitation of a flower ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus:e4:o2:1 # text = The attraction of prey by imitation of a flower 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 attraction attraction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 imitation imitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | | imitation of a flower | prey | | | | | nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient by=agent | | 2 | **imitate** | | | a flower | | | | | nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The regulation of body temperature in the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus:e4:o3:1 # text = The regulation of body temperature in the sun 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 regulation regulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regulate** | | | body temperature in the sun | | | | | nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The issuing of a warning to a potential attacker ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus:e4:o4:1 # text = The issuing of a warning to a potential attacker 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 issuing issuing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 potential potential ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 attacker attacker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **issue** | | | a warning to a potential attacker | | | | | nom issuing «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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