--- title: Ascertain the reason for which the consumption of wild insects from… — Insects as food in other countries · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the reason for which the consumption of wild insects from a garden is inadvisable. Exam question 3 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Insects as food in other countries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Insects as food in other countries Ascertain the reason for which the consumption of wild insects from a garden is inadvisable. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, consumption · **What happens:** ascertain, be, consume · **To what, where:** reason, wild insects This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the reason for which the consumption of wild insects from a garden is inadvisable. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 consumption consumption NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 inadvisable inadvisable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | the consumption of wild insects from a garden | | | | | for the reason; inadvisable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **consume** | | | wild insects from a garden | | | | | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} They are invariably larger than farmed insects ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e3:o1:1 # text = They are invariably larger than farmed insects 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 farmed farm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | than farmed insects; invariably, large *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **farm** | participle | | | | | | | vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are protected by law in every country ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e3:o2:1 # text = They are protected by law in every country 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present · passive | law | They | | every country | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} They possess no protein whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e3:o3:1 # text = They possess no protein whatsoever 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 protein protein NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | They | no protein | | | | whatsoever *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot protein=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They may carry pathogens, toxins or residues of pesticides ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e3:o4:1 # text = They may carry pathogens, toxins or residues of pesticides 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 pathogens pathogen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 toxins toxin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 residues residue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 pesticides pesticide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | may | They | pathogens and toxins or residues of pesticides | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pathogen=Theme | **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. 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