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# Exam question 4 · What a child can do for nature

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the value of planting native flowering species?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** value · **What happens:** follow, characteris, plant, flower · **To what, where:** value, native flowering species

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» 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/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the value of planting native flowering species?
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	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	planting	plant	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	flowering	flower	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 value |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **plant** | gerund | the value *not said here* | native flowering species |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Patient |
| 4 | **flower** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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They furnish the most suitable food for local insects, some of which depend on a single plant

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:e4:o1:1
# text = They furnish the most suitable food for local insects, some of which depend on a single plant
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	furnish	furnish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nmod	_	_
14	depend	depend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | present | They | the suitable food |  |  |  | for local insects | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme for insect=Recipient |
| 2 | **depend** | present | some |  |  |  |  | on a single plant | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on plant=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are exclusively of ornamental value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:e4:o2:1
# text = They are exclusively of ornamental value
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of ornamental value; exclusively *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They exclude all insects from the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:e4:o3:1
# text = They exclude all insects from the garden
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exclude	exclude	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** | present | They |  | all insects | the garden |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer insect=Beneficiary from garden=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They require no water whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:e4:o4:1
# text = They require no water whatsoever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | They | no water |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Precondition |

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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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