--- title: Ascertain the classification of the organisms commonly sold under th… — The microscopic world: tardigrades, mi… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the classification of the organisms commonly sold under the name «sea monkeys». Exam question 4 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/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/) / [The microscopic world: tardigrades, mi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and ot… Ascertain the classification of the organisms commonly sold under the name «sea monkeys». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, sell, classify · **To what, where:** classification, organisms, name This is exam question 4 of lesson 259 «The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures» 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/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the classification of the organisms commonly sold under the name «sea monkeys». 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 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 organisms organism NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 commonly commonly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the classification of the organisms | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classification=Topic | | 2 | **sell** | participle | | the organisms *not said here* | | the name | | commonly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **classify** | | | the organisms | | | | | 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} Primates of marine habit ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:e4:o1:1 # text = Primates of marine habit 1 Primates primate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 marine marine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Brine shrimps ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:e4:o2:1 # text = Brine shrimps 1 Brine brine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 shrimps shrimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Juvenile fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:e4:o3:1 # text = Juvenile fish 1 Juvenile juvenile NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Sea snails ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures:e4:o4:1 # text = Sea snails 1 Sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 snails snail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. - ← previous: [The microscopic world: tardigrades, mi…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/e3/) - next →: [The human body deeper: the brain and n…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves/t1/) - ↑ back to [The microscopic world: tardigrades, mites, plankton and other tiny creatures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/)