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title: Ascertain the advantage obtained by snowdrops and daffodils in flowe… — The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the advantage obtained by snowdrops and daffodils in flowering before the trees are in leaf. Exam question 4 of lesson 333 «The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees and nesting birds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees an…

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Ascertain the advantage obtained by snowdrops and daffodils in flowering before the trees are in leaf.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, trees · **What happens:** ascertain, obtain, be · **To what, where:** advantage, flowering, leaf

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 333 «The garden in spring: buds, frogspawn, queen bumblebees and nesting birds» 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/333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the advantage obtained by snowdrops and daffodils in flowering before the trees are in leaf.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	snowdrops	snowdrop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	daffodils	daffodil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	flowering	flowering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 advantage |  | flowering |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Topic |
| 2 | **obtain** | participle |  | the advantage *not said here* |  |  |  | by snowdrops and daffodils | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **is** | present | the trees |  |  | leaf |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The avoidance of all insect visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e4:o1:1
# text = The avoidance of all insect visitors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | all insect visitors |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The reception of sunlight before the ground is shaded by the canopy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e4:o2:1
# text = The reception of sunlight before the ground is shaded by the canopy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reception	reception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	shaded	shade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	canopy	canopy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shade** | present · passive | the canopy | the reception of sunlight before the ground |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **receive** |  |  | sunlight |  |  | before the ground |  | nom reception «communication transitive»: of=patient before=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The absorption of water from the snow alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e4:o3:1
# text = The absorption of water from the snow alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	absorption	absorption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absorb** |  |  | water |  | the snow |  |  | nom absorption «process transitive»: of=patient from=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The protection of the bulbs from frost by means of the flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:333-the-garden-in-spring-buds-frogspawn-queen-bumblebees-and-nesting-birds:e4:o4:1
# text = The protection of the bulbs from frost by means of the flowers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	nmod	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the protection of the bulbs from frost |  |  |  |  | of the flowers | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **protect** |  |  | the bulbs from frost |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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