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description: Identify the principal consideration that ought to precede the acquisition of a domestic animal. Exam question 1 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 1 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

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Identify the principal consideration that ought to precede the acquisition of a domestic animal.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal consideration · **What happens:** identify, precede, acquire · **To what, where:** principal consideration, acquisition, domestic animal

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal consideration that ought to precede the acquisition of a domestic animal.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	precede	precede	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal consideration |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consideration=Theme |
| 2 | **precede** | ought | the principal consideration | the acquisition of a domestic animal |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme acquisition=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **acquire** |  |  | a domestic animal |  |  |  |  | nom acquisition «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 {#o1}

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The popularity of the chosen breed upon the various social media

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:e1:o1:1
# text = The popularity of the chosen breed upon the various social media
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	popularity	popularity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	breed	breed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	media	media	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The selection of an appropriate name, collar and bed before its arrival

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:e1:o2:1
# text = The selection of an appropriate name, collar and bed before its arrival
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	selection	selection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** |  |  | a appropriate name and collar and bed |  |  | before bed's arrival |  | nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient before=obl |
| 2 | **arrive** |  | bed |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The maximum speed at which the animal is able to run across open ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:e1:o3:1
# text = The maximum speed at which the animal is able to run across open ground
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	maximum	maximum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the maximum speed at which animal |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | the maximum speed at which animal *not said here* |  |  | open ground |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across ground=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Responsibility for its feeding, care and expense over many years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:e1:o4:1
# text = Responsibility for its feeding, care and expense over many years
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	expense	expense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom feeding «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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