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title: Ascertain the manner in which sauropods processed the vegetation upo… — The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the manner in which sauropods processed the vegetation upon which they fed. Exam question 3 of lesson 266 «The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Brontosaurus» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 3 · The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argenti…

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Ascertain the manner in which sauropods processed the vegetation upon which they fed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sauropods · **What happens:** ascertain, process, feed · **To what, where:** manner, vegetation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 266 «The long-necked giants: Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Brontosaurus» 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/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the manner in which sauropods processed the vegetation upon which they fed.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	sauropods	sauropod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	processed	process	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 manner |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic |
| 2 | **process** | past | sauropods | the vegetation |  | the manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feed** | past | sauropods *= sauropod* |  |  |  |  | upon the vegetation | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: 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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It was swallowed without chewing and broken down slowly within the gut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:e3:o1:1
# text = It was swallowed without chewing and broken down slowly within the gut
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gut	gut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **chew** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **break down** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | within the gut; slowly *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was stored in pouches within the cheeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:e3:o2:1
# text = It was stored in pouches within the cheeks
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pouches	pouch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | past · passive |  | It |  | pouches |  | within the cheeks | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in pouch=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was rejected after the extraction of its juices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:e3:o3:1
# text = It was rejected after the extraction of its juices
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	extraction	extraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	juices	juice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | past · passive |  | It |  |  | after the extraction of extraction's juices |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **extract** |  |  | extraction's juices |  |  |  |  | nom extraction «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was chewed at great length by flattened molars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods:e3:o4:1
# text = It was chewed at great length by flattened molars
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	chewed	chew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	flattened	flatten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	molars	molar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | past · passive | flattened molars | It |  | great length |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **flatten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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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