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title: Ascertain the reason for which an albino animal exhibits pink or red… — Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which an albino animal exhibits pink or red eyes. Exam question 4 of lesson 367 «Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white albinos and black panthers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white a…

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Ascertain the reason for which an albino animal exhibits pink or red eyes.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, albino animal · **What happens:** ascertain, exhibit · **To what, where:** reason, pink eyes

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 367 «Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white albinos and black panthers» 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/367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which an albino animal exhibits pink or red eyes.
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	9	obl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	albino	albino	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	exhibits	exhibit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
10	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 | **exhibit** | present | a albino animal | pink eyes |  |  |  | for the reason | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |

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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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The animal consumes red berries and the juice colours its eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:e4:o1:1
# text = The animal consumes red berries and the juice colours its eyes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | the animal | red berries and the juice colours |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The eyes are coloured by red tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:e4:o2:1
# text = The eyes are coloured by red tears
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	coloured	colour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **colour** | present · passive |  | the eyes |  |  |  | by red tears | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The eyes are perpetually inflamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:e4:o3:1
# text = The eyes are perpetually inflamed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	perpetually	perpetually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	inflamed	inflame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflame** | present · passive |  | the eyes |  |  |  | perpetually *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The blood vessels are visible through the unpigmented eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers:e4:o4:1
# text = The blood vessels are visible through the unpigmented eye
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	unpigmented	unpigmented	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the blood vessels |  |  | the unpigmented eye |  | visible *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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