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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the species of deer living wild in Britain? Exam question 3 of lesson 318 «Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe deer, moose, muntjac and water deer» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 3 · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the species of deer living wild in Britain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** deer · **What happens:** follow, characteris, live · **To what, where:** species, Britain

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 318 «Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe deer, moose, muntjac and water deer» 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/318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the species of deer living wild in Britain?
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	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 species of deer |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | deer *not said here* |  |  | Britain |  | wild *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in britain=Location |

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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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Six species are present, of which only the red and the roe deer are native

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:e3:o1:1
# text = Six species are present, of which only the red and the roe deer are native
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Six species |  |  |  |  | present *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Six species *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the roe deer |  |  |  |  | native *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twelve species are present, all of which are native

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:e3:o2:1
# text = Twelve species are present, all of which are native
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nmod	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Twelve species |  |  |  |  | present *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | all |  |  |  |  | native *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two species are present, both having been introduced by the Romans for hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:e3:o3:1
# text = Two species are present, both having been introduced by the Romans for hunting
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	introduced	introduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Two species |  |  |  |  | present *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **introduce** | gerund · perfect · passive | the Romans | both |  |  |  | for hunting | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One species is present, namely the moose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:e3:o4:1
# text = One species is present, namely the moose
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | One species |  |  |  |  | the moose *obl:unmarked*; present *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | One species *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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