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description: State the title of the work by Rachel Carson which contributed to the prohibition of DDT in the United States. Exam question 2 of lesson 284 «Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maathai and the rangers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 2 · Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maatha…

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State the title of the work by Rachel Carson which contributed to the prohibition of DDT in the United States.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** work, Rachel Carson · **What happens:** contribute, title, work, prohibit · **To what, where:** prohibition, work, DDT

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 284 «Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maathai and the rangers» 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/284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e2:1
# text = State the title of the work by Rachel Carson which contributed to the prohibition of DDT in the United States.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Carson	Carson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	contributed	contribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	DDT	ddt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contribute** | past | the work by Rachel Carson |  | the prohibition of DDT in the United States |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prohibition=Recipient |
| 2 | **title** |  |  | the work by Rachel Carson |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **work** |  | Rachel Carson |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: by=agent |
| 4 | **prohibit** |  |  | DDT in the United States |  |  |  |  | nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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On the Origin of Species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e2:o1:1
# text = On the Origin of Species
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Origin	Origin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Species	Specie	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Overloaded Ark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e2:o2:1
# text = The Overloaded Ark
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Overloaded	overload	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	Ark	Ark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overload** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Blue Planet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e2:o3:1
# text = Blue Planet
1	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Planet	Planet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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Silent Spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e2:o4:1
# text = Silent Spring
1	Silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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