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title: Identify the anatomical arrangement which permits the horse to remai… — Horses, zebras and donkeys · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the anatomical arrangement which permits the horse to remain upright while dozing. Exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Horses, zebras and donkeys» 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 1 · Horses, zebras and donkeys

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Identify the anatomical arrangement which permits the horse to remain upright while dozing.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, anatomical arrangement · **What happens:** identify, permit, remain, doze · **To what, where:** anatomical arrangement, horse

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Horses, zebras and donkeys» 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/25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys:e1:1
# text = Identify the anatomical arrangement which permits the horse to remain upright while dozing.
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	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	permits	permit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	upright	upright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	dozing	doze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 anatomical arrangement |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent arrangement=Theme |
| 2 | **permit** | present | the anatomical arrangement | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer horse=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the anatomical arrangement *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upright *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **doze** | gerund | the anatomical arrangement *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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The continual growth of the teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys:e1:o1:1
# text = The continual growth of the teeth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	continual	continual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hollow structure of the hooves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys:e1:o2:1
# text = The hollow structure of the hooves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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The stay apparatus of the limbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys:e1:o3:1
# text = The stay apparatus of the limbs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
3	apparatus	apparatus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The lateral position of the eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys:e1:o4:1
# text = The lateral position of the eyes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lateral	lateral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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