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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the annual movements of the grey whale? Exam question 3 of lesson 312 «Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, grey, right and minke» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 3 · Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, gr…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the annual movements of the grey whale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, move · **To what, where:** annual movements, grey whale

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 312 «Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, grey, right and minke» 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/312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the annual movements of the grey whale?
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	11	det	_	_
10	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	movements	movement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	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 annual movements of the grey whale |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** |  |  | the grey whale |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It travels some sixteen to twenty thousand kilometres, feeding in the Arctic and calving in Mexican lagoons

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e3:o1:1
# text = It travels some sixteen to twenty thousand kilometres, feeding in the Arctic and calving in Mexican lagoons
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
4	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	calving	calve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lagoons	lagoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | It | some thousand kilometres |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** | gerund |  |  |  | the Arctic |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in arctic=Location |
| 3 | **calve** | gerund |  |  |  | Mexican lagoons |  |  | vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It migrates overland between seas during the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e3:o2:1
# text = It migrates overland between seas during the winter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	migrates	migrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	overland	overland	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **migrate** | present | It |  |  |  | winter | between seas; overland *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It remains throughout the year within a single bay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e3:o3:1
# text = It remains throughout the year within a single bay
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | It |  |  |  | year | within a single bay | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic and calves upon the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e3:o4:1
# text = It travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic and calves upon the ice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | It |  | the Antarctic and calves | the Arctic |  | upon the ice | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to antarctic=Destination |

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