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title: Ascertain the contribution of the jay to the regeneration of oak woo… — The garden in autumn: colours, conkers… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the contribution of the jay to the regeneration of oak woodland. Exam question 4 of lesson 335 «The garden in autumn: colours, conkers, webs and buried nuts» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 4 · The garden in autumn: colours, conkers, webs and buried nuts

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Ascertain the contribution of the jay to the regeneration of oak woodland.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, contribute, regenerate · **To what, where:** contribution, jay, oak woodland

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 335 «The garden in autumn: colours, conkers, webs and buried nuts» 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/335-the-garden-in-autumn-colours-conkers-webs-and-buried-nuts/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:335-the-garden-in-autumn-colours-conkers-webs-and-buried-nuts:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the contribution of the jay to the regeneration of oak woodland.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	contribution	contribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jay	jay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	regeneration	regeneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 contribution of the jay to the regeneration of oak woodland |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contribution=Topic |
| 2 | **contribute** |  |  | the jay to the regeneration of oak woodland |  |  |  |  | nom contribution «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **regenerate** |  |  | oak woodland |  |  |  |  | nom regeneration «process 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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Jays fertilise the soil with acorn shells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:335-the-garden-in-autumn-colours-conkers-webs-and-buried-nuts:e4:o1:1
# text = Jays fertilise the soil with acorn shells
1	Jays	jay	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fertilise	fertilise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	acorn	acorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fertilise** | present | Jays | the soil |  |  |  | with acorn shells | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jays prune the branches of mature oaks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:335-the-garden-in-autumn-colours-conkers-webs-and-buried-nuts:e4:o2:1
# text = Jays prune the branches of mature oaks
1	Jays	jay	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prune	prune	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	mature	mature	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	oaks	oak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prune** | present | Jays | the branches of mature oaks |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Jays consume all acorns before germination can occur, and thereby prevent regeneration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:335-the-garden-in-autumn-colours-conkers-webs-and-buried-nuts:e4:o3:1
# text = Jays consume all acorns before germination can occur, and thereby prevent regeneration
1	Jays	jay	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consume	consume	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	acorns	acorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	germination	germination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
13	regeneration	regeneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | Jays | all acorns |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Asset |
| 2 | **occur** | can | germination |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **prevent** | infinitive | Jays *not said here* | regeneration |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer regeneration=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Acorns cached and subsequently not recovered by the bird may germinate as new oaks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:335-the-garden-in-autumn-colours-conkers-webs-and-buried-nuts:e4:o4:1
# text = Acorns cached and subsequently not recovered by the bird may germinate as new oaks
1	Acorns	acorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cached	cache	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	recovered	recover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	germinate	germinate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	oaks	oak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cache** | past | Acorns |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **recover** | participle | Acorns *not said here* |  |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **germinate** | may | the bird |  |  |  |  | as new oaks | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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