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title: Identify the function most probably served by the dorsal plates of S… — Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Trice… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the function most probably served by the dorsal plates of Stegosaurus. Exam question 1 of lesson 267 «Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus,…

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Identify the function most probably served by the dorsal plates of Stegosaurus.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, serve · **To what, where:** function

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 267 «Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills» 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/267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:e1:1
# text = Identify the function most probably served by the dorsal plates of Stegosaurus.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dorsal	dorsal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Stegosaurus	Stegosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 function |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |
| 2 | **serve** | participle |  | the function *not said here* |  |  |  | by the dorsal plates of Stegosaurus; probably *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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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Impenetrable armour against all predators

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:e1:o1:1
# text = Impenetrable armour against all predators
1	Impenetrable	impenetrable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cutting of tree trunks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:e1:o2:1
# text = The cutting of tree trunks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cutting	cutting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** |  | tree trunks |  |  |  |  |  | nom cutting «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Propulsion through water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:e1:o3:1
# text = Propulsion through water
1	Propulsion	propulsion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Display, and possibly the regulation of temperature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs:e1:o4:1
# text = Display, and possibly the regulation of temperature
1	Display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	possibly	possibly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	regulation	regulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regulate** |  |  | temperature |  |  |  |  | nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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