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title: Identify the principal reason for which eggs offered for retail sale… — Where eggs come from: hens, shell colo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which eggs offered for retail sale do not ordinarily hatch. Exam question 1 of lesson 342 «Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what is inside» 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 1 · Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what…

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Identify the principal reason for which eggs offered for retail sale do not ordinarily hatch.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, eggs · **What happens:** identify, offer, not hatch · **To what, where:** principal reason, eggs

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 342 «Where eggs come from: hens, shell colours, sizes and what is inside» 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/342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which eggs offered for retail sale do not ordinarily hatch.
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	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
8	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	retail	retail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sale	sale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	hatch	hatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	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 | **offer** | participle |  | which eggs *not said here* |  |  |  | for retail sale *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for sale=Goal |
| 3 | **not** **hatch** | present · do-support | which eggs |  |  |  |  | ordinarily *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: 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 {#o1}

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Retailers remove the embryo prior to sale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:e1:o1:1
# text = Retailers remove the embryo prior to sale
1	Retailers	retailer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remove	remove	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	embryo	embryo	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | Retailers | the embryo sale |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sale=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The shell is rendered impenetrable during packaging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:e1:o2:1
# text = The shell is rendered impenetrable during packaging
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	impenetrable	impenetrable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	packaging	packaging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present · passive |  | the shell |  |  | during packaging | impenetrable *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The process of refrigeration converts the embryo into yolk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:e1:o3:1
# text = The process of refrigeration converts the embryo into yolk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	refrigeration	refrigeration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	converts	convert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	embryo	embryo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	yolk	yolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present | the process of refrigeration | the embryo |  |  |  | into yolk *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent embryo=Patient into yolk=Result |
| 2 | **process** |  |  | refrigeration |  |  |  |  | nom process «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The majority are laid by hens maintained without a cockerel and are therefore unfertilised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside:e1:o4:1
# text = The majority are laid by hens maintained without a cockerel and are therefore unfertilised
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cockerel	cockerel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	unfertilised	unfertilised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present · passive | hens | the majority |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 2 | **maintain** | participle |  | hens *not said here* |  |  |  | without a cockerel | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | hens *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therefore, unfertilised *property* | tree rules |

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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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