--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the camel's hump? Exam question 3 of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals/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/) / [The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the camel's hump? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** function This is exam question 3 of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» 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/298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the camel's hump? 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 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 hump hump NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 function of the camel's hump | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} It constitutes a store of fat ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e3:o1:1 # text = It constitutes a store of fat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a store of fat | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme store=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} It contains air for the purpose of flotation ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e3:o2:1 # text = It contains air for the purpose of flotation 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 flotation flotation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | It | air | | | | for the purpose of flotation | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot air=Theme | | 2 | **purpose** | | flotation | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It contains a supplementary stomach ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e3:o3:1 # text = It contains a supplementary stomach 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 supplementary supplementary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | It | a supplementary stomach | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stomach=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It constitutes a reservoir of water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e3:o4:1 # text = It constitutes a reservoir of water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 reservoir reservoir NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a reservoir of water | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reservoir=Pivot | **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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