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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dark… — Where meat and fish come from, told ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dark meat? Exam question 2 of lesson 343 «Where meat and fish come from, told honestly» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 2 · Where meat and fish come from, told honestly

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dark meat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** dark meat

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 343 «Where meat and fish come from, told honestly» 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/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dark meat?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | dark meat |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It contains more myoglobin, a protein storing oxygen in muscles used for long periods

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:e2:o1:1
# text = It contains more myoglobin, a protein storing oxygen in muscles used for long periods
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	myoglobin	myoglobin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	storing	store	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	periods	period	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | more myoglobin |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot myoglobin=Theme |
| 2 | **store** | gerund | a protein *not said here* | oxygen |  | muscles |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme in muscle=Location |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  | muscles *not said here* |  |  |  | for long periods | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is derived exclusively from aged animals that have been kept for many years before slaughter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:e2:o2:1
# text = It is derived exclusively from aged animals that have been kept for many years before slaughter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	before	before	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | from aged animals; exclusively *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from animal=Material |
| 2 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive |  | aged animals |  | slaughter | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: that=Theme before slaughter=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It contains no protein whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:e2:o3:1
# text = It contains no protein whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | no protein |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot protein=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is darkened by the process of cooking alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly:e2:o4:1
# text = It is darkened by the process of cooking alone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	darkened	darken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **darken** | present · passive | the process of cooking | It |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **process** |  |  | cooking |  |  |  |  | nom process «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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