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title: State the measure principally responsible for the recovery of humpba… — Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpbac… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the measure principally responsible for the recovery of humpback whale populations. Exam question 2 of lesson 282 «Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors and the kakapo» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors an…

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State the measure principally responsible for the recovery of humpback whale populations.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, whale populations · **What happens:** state, recover · **To what, where:** measure

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 282 «Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors and the kakapo» 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/282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e2:1
# text = State the measure principally responsible for the recovery of humpback whale populations.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	humpback	humpback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	populations	population	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	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 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the measure |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent measure=Topic |
| 2 | **recover** |  | whale populations |  |  |  |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=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 construction of artificial lakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e2:o1:1
# text = The construction of artificial lakes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** |  |  | artificial lakes |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The feeding of whales by fishing vessels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e2:o2:1
# text = The feeding of whales by fishing vessels
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fish** | gerund | the feeding of whales *not said here* | vessels |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** |  | whales |  |  |  |  |  | nom feeding «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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The prohibition of commercial whaling in 1986

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e2:o3:1
# text = The prohibition of commercial whaling in 1986
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	whaling	whaling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1986	1986	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** |  |  | commercial whaling |  |  |  |  | nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The removal of all sharks from the oceans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e2:o4:1
# text = The removal of all sharks from the oceans
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | all sharks from the oceans |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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