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description: Identify the principal nutritional merit of edible insects such as crickets and mealworms. Exam question 1 of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Exam question 1 · Insects as food in other countries

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Identify the principal nutritional merit of edible insects such as crickets and mealworms.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal nutritional merit

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» 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/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal nutritional merit of edible insects such as crickets and mealworms.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	nutritional	nutritional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	crickets	cricket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	mealworms	mealworm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 principal nutritional merit of edible insects such crickets and mealworms |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent merit=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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A high content of protein, together with fats and minerals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e1:o1:1
# text = A high content of protein, together with fats and minerals
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fats	fat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	minerals	mineral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An absence of any nutritional value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e1:o2:1
# text = An absence of any nutritional value
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	nutritional	nutritional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absent** |  |  | any nutritional value |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A high content of sugar and nothing else of nutritional value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e1:o3:1
# text = A high content of sugar and nothing else of nutritional value
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	conj	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	nutritional	nutritional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A high content of water exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e1:o4:1
# text = A high content of water exclusively
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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