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description: Identify the principal reason for which vehicles stationed beneath lime trees in summer become sticky. Exam question 2 of lesson 339 «Park trees: telling oaks, maples, chestnuts, birches, limes and willows apart» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Park trees: telling oaks, maples, chestnuts, birches, lime…

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Identify the principal reason for which vehicles stationed beneath lime trees in summer become sticky.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, vehicles · **What happens:** identify, station, become · **To what, where:** principal reason, lime trees

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 339 «Park trees: telling oaks, maples, chestnuts, birches, limes and willows apart» 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/339-park-trees-telling-oaks-maples-chestnuts-birches-limes-and-willows-apart/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:339-park-trees-telling-oaks-maples-chestnuts-birches-limes-and-willows-apart:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which vehicles stationed beneath lime trees in summer become sticky.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stationed	station	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	lime	lime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
14	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
15	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **station** | past | vehicles |  |  | lime trees |  | for the principal reason | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beneath tree=Destination |
| 3 | **become** | present | vehicles *not said here* |  |  |  | summer | sticky *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The bark of the lime secretes an adhesive resin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:339-park-trees-telling-oaks-maples-chestnuts-birches-limes-and-willows-apart:e2:o1:1
# text = The bark of the lime secretes an adhesive resin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lime	lime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	secretes	secrete	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	adhesive	adhesive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	resin	resin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secrete** | present | the bark of the lime | a adhesive resin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Aphids feeding upon the foliage excrete a sweet substance designated honeydew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:339-park-trees-telling-oaks-maples-chestnuts-birches-limes-and-willows-apart:e2:o2:1
# text = Aphids feeding upon the foliage excrete a sweet substance designated honeydew
1	Aphids	aphid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	foliage	foliage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	excrete	excrete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	honeydew	honeydew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | gerund | Aphids *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon the foliage | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **excrete** | infinitive | Aphids | a sweet substance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fruit of the lime releases its juice upon ripening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:339-park-trees-telling-oaks-maples-chestnuts-birches-limes-and-willows-apart:e2:o3:1
# text = The fruit of the lime releases its juice upon ripening
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lime	lime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	releases	release	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	ripening	ripen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | present | the fruit of the lime | fruit's juice |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer juice=Source |
| 2 | **ripen** | gerund | the fruit of the lime *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bees deposit honey upon objects beneath their foraging sites

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:339-park-trees-telling-oaks-maples-chestnuts-birches-limes-and-willows-apart:e2:o4:1
# text = Bees deposit honey upon objects beneath their foraging sites
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	deposit	deposit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	foraging	foraging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sites	site	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deposit** | present | Bees | honey |  | objects |  | beneath Bees's foraging sites | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent honey=Theme upon object=Destination |

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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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