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title: Ascertain the course of events affecting the saiga antelope subseque… — Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-n… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the course of events affecting the saiga antelope subsequent to the mass mortality of the year 2015. Exam question 4 of lesson 366 «Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas, pangolins and hagfish» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 4 · Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas,…

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Ascertain the course of events affecting the saiga antelope subsequent to the mass mortality of the year 2015.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, events · **What happens:** ascertain, affect · **To what, where:** course, antelope subsequent

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 366 «Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas, pangolins and hagfish» 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/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the course of events affecting the saiga antelope subsequent to the mass mortality of the year 2015.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	affecting	affect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	saiga	saiga	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	antelope	antelope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	mass	mass	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mortality	mortality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	2015	2015	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	flat	_	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 course of events |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **affect** | gerund | events *not said here* | the antelope subsequent |  |  |  | to the mass mortality of the year | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subsequent=Experiencer |

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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 species was rendered extinct and no individuals survived in any country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:e4:o1:1
# text = The species was rendered extinct and no individuals survived in any country
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	individuals	individual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	survived	survive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | past · passive |  | the species |  |  |  | extinct *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **survive** | past | no individuals |  |  | any country |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location |

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

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Under protection from hunting its numbers in Kazakhstan exceeded one million

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:e4:o2:1
# text = Under protection from hunting its numbers in Kazakhstan exceeded one million
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	exceeded	exceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund | protection *not said here* | protection's numbers |  | Kazakhstan |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent number=Theme in kazakhstan=Location |
| 2 | **exceed** | past | protection | one million |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot million=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The surviving animals migrated across the sea to Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:e4:o3:1
# text = The surviving animals migrated across the sea to Australia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	surviving	survive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	migrated	migrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **migrate** | participle |  | the surviving animals *not said here* | Australia | the sea |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The population remained at fewer than one hundred animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish:e4:o4:1
# text = The population remained at fewer than one hundred animals
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	_
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | past | the population |  |  |  |  | at hundred animals | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at animal=Location |

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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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