--- title: Identify the principal reason for which the mosquito is accounted th… — Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which the mosquito is accounted the deadliest animal to humankind. Exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshop… Identify the principal reason for which the mosquito is accounted the deadliest animal to humankind. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, account · **To what, where:** principal reason, mosquito This is exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Insects: butterflies, beetles, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers» 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/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which the mosquito is accounted the deadliest animal to humankind. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mosquito mosquito NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 accounted account VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 deadliest deadly ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 humankind humankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **account** | present · passive | | the mosquito | | | | for the principal reason; to humankind | tree rules | 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} It contaminates the drinking water supplies ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:e2:o1:1 # text = It contaminates the drinking water supplies 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contaminates contaminate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 supplies supplies NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contaminate** | present | It | the water supplies | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme supplies=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} It attacks in exceedingly large swarms ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:e2:o2:1 # text = It attacks in exceedingly large swarms 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 attacks attack VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 swarms swarm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attack** | present | It | | | large swarms | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Its bite is directly and highly venomous ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:e2:o3:1 # text = Its bite is directly and highly venomous 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 directly directly ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 highly highly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 venomous venomous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Its bite | | | | | directly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Its bite *not said here* | | | | | highly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bite** | | Its *= it* | | | | | | nom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Certain species transmit malaria ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers:e2:o4:1 # text = Certain species transmit malaria 1 Certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 transmit transmit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 malaria malaria NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transmit** | present | Certain species | malaria | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent malaria=Theme | **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. 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