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description: Identify the investigator who, in the year 1665, first applied the term «cell» to structures observed within cork. Exam question 1 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 1 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life

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Identify the investigator who, in the year 1665, first applied the term «cell» to structures observed within cork.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, apply, observe · **To what, where:** investigator, term, structures

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» 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/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e1:1
# text = Identify the investigator who, in the year 1665, first applied the term «cell» to structures observed within cork.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	investigator	investigator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	1665	1665	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
12	applied	apply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	structures	structure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
20	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	within	within	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	cork	cork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 investigator |  |  | year |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **apply** | past | you *not said here* | the term |  |  |  | to structures; first *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
| 3 | **observe** | participle |  | structures *not said here* |  |  |  | within cork | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Robert Hooke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e1:o1:1
# text = Robert Hooke
1	Robert	Robert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Hooke	Hooke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Charles Darwin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e1:o2:1
# text = Charles Darwin
1	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Darwin	Darwin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Louis Pasteur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e1:o3:1
# text = Louis Pasteur
1	Louis	Louis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Pasteur	Pasteur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e1:o4:1
# text = Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1	Antonie	Antonie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	van	Van	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Leeuwenhoek	Leeuwenhoek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

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