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description: Ascertain the appropriate course of action in respect of a pet which can no longer be kept. Exam question 4 of lesson 330 «Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and hermit crabs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 4 · Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and h…

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Ascertain the appropriate course of action in respect of a pet which can no longer be kept.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, keep, respect · **To what, where:** appropriate course, respect, pet

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 330 «Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and hermit crabs» 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/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the appropriate course of action in respect of a pet which can no longer be kept.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
14	no	no	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	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 appropriate course of action |  | respect of a pet |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** | can · passive |  | a pet |  |  |  | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: which=Theme |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | a pet |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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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It is to be released into a public park

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:e4:o1:1
# text = It is to be released into a public park
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | present · passive |  | It |  | a public park |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is to be abandoned at a public place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:e4:o2:1
# text = It is to be abandoned at a public place
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | present · passive |  | It |  | a public place |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is to be surrendered to a rescue centre or pet shop which accepts such animals

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:e4:o3:1
# text = It is to be surrendered to a rescue centre or pet shop which accepts such animals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	surrendered	surrender	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	accepts	accept	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | present · passive |  | It | a rescue centre or pet shop |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to centre=Recipient |
| 2 | **accept** | present | a rescue centre or pet shop | such animals |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is to be returned to the wild in the region from which its species originally came

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:e4:o4:1
# text = It is to be returned to the wild in the region from which its species originally came
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
16	originally	originally	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present · passive |  | It |  | the region |  | to the wild | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to wild=Destination |
| 2 | **come** | past | region's species |  |  | the region |  | originally *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial\_Location |

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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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