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title: Ascertain the reason for which honey ought not to be administered to… — Honey and the beekeeper's year · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which honey ought not to be administered to infants under one year of age. Exam question 4 of lesson 344 «Honey and the beekeeper's year» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Honey and the beekeeper's year

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Ascertain the reason for which honey ought not to be administered to infants under one year of age.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, not administer · **To what, where:** reason, honey, infants

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 344 «Honey and the beekeeper's year» 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/344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which honey ought not to be administered to infants under one year of age.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **administer** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | honey | infants |  | year | for the reason | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to infant=Recipient |

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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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It causes the immediate loss of infant teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e4:o1:1
# text = It causes the immediate loss of infant teeth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | It | the immediate loss of infant teeth |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition loss=Patient |

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

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It may contain dormant bacteria which the immature gut of an infant cannot suppress

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e4:o2:1
# text = It may contain dormant bacteria which the immature gut of an infant cannot suppress
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	contain	contain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	dormant	dormant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	immature	immature	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gut	gut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	suppress	suppress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | may | It | dormant bacteria |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bacterium=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **suppress** | can | the immature gut of a infant | dormant bacteria |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its sugar content is toxic to all infants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e4:o3:1
# text = Its sugar content is toxic to all infants
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	toxic	toxic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Its sugar content |  |  |  |  | to all infants; toxic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Its viscosity obstructs the infant's throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:344-honey-and-the-beekeepers-year:e4:o4:1
# text = Its viscosity obstructs the infant's throat
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	viscosity	viscosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	obstructs	obstruct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obstruct** | present | Its viscosity | the infant's throat |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer throat=Eventuality |

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