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description: Ascertain the reason for which a collision between a motor vehicle and a moose is especially hazardous. Exam question 4 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 dependency tr
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# Exam question 4 · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…

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Ascertain the reason for which a collision between a motor vehicle and a moose is especially hazardous.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, collision · **What happens:** ascertain, be · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## 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:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which a collision between a motor vehicle and a moose is especially hazardous.
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	17	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	collision	collision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | a collision between a motor vehicle and a moose |  |  |  |  | for the reason; especially, hazardous *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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The animal regards vehicles as rival males during the rut and deliberately charges them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:e4:o1:1
# text = The animal regards vehicles as rival males during the rut and deliberately charges them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	regards	regard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	rival	rival	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rut	rut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	charges	charge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | present | the animal | vehicles |  |  |  | as rival males during the rut | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent vehicle=Theme as male=Value |
| 2 | **charge** | present | the animal *not said here* | vehicles *= vehicle* |  |  |  | deliberately *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The length of the animal's legs places its heavy body at the height of the windscreen

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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:e4:o2:1
# text = The length of the animal's legs places its heavy body at the height of the windscreen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The animal cannot be observed in daylight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:e4:o3:1
# text = The animal cannot be observed in daylight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **observe** | can · passive |  | the animal |  | daylight |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The antlers of the animal are composed of metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer:e4:o4:1
# text = The antlers of the animal are composed of metal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | present · passive |  | the antlers of the animal |  |  |  | of metal | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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