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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the body plan of an adult insect? Exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 1 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the body plan of an adult insect?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, plan · **To what, where:** body plan, adult insect

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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/36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the body plan of an adult insect?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 |  | the body plan of a adult insect |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **plan** |  |  | a adult insect |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Eight legs and a body of two parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e1:o1:1
# text = Eight legs and a body of two parts
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six legs and a body of three parts, the legs being attached to the thorax

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e1:o2:1
# text = Six legs and a body of three parts, the legs being attached to the thorax
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	attached	attach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	thorax	thorax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attach** | gerund · passive |  | Six legs and a body of three parts |  |  |  | to the thorax | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to thorax=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four legs and a pair of feelers, with wings upon the head and abdomen

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e1:o3:1
# text = Four legs and a pair of feelers, with wings upon the head and abdomen
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six legs distributed two to each body part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps:e1:o4:1
# text = Six legs distributed two to each body part
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	distributed	distribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distribute** | past | Six legs | two | each body part |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent two=Theme to part=Recipient |

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