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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the activity of citizen scientists? Exam question 4 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 pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · Conservation heroes: Attenborough, Goodall, Carson, Maatha…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the activity of citizen scientists?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** activity

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the activity of citizen scientists?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	citizen	citizen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the activity of citizen scientists |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Members of the public record observations of wildlife and submit them to scientists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e4:o1:1
# text = Members of the public record observations of wildlife and submit them to scientists
1	Members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	observations	observation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	submit	submit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **submit** | infinitive | Members of the public record observations of wildlife | observations *= observation* | scientists |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to scientist=Recipient |
| 2 | **observe** |  |  | wildlife |  |  |  |  | nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Rangers pursue poachers with trained dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e4:o2:1
# text = Rangers pursue poachers with trained dogs
1	Rangers	ranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	poachers	poacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | present | Rangers | poachers |  |  |  | with trained dogs | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poacher=Theme |
| 2 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Film-makers record animals for television

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e4:o3:1
# text = Film-makers record animals for television
1	Film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	record	record	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present | Film makers | animals |  |  |  | for television | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Professional scientists perform experiments in secret laboratories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:284-conservation-heroes-attenborough-goodall-carson-maathai-and-the-rangers:e4:o4:1
# text = Professional scientists perform experiments in secret laboratories
1	Professional	professional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	perform	perform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	experiments	experiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | present | Professional scientists | experiments |  | secret laboratories |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent experiment=Theme |

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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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