--- title: Identify the principal function of the whistle emitted by the steppe… — Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, g… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal function of the whistle emitted by the steppe marmot. Exam question 1 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/e1/) [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/) / [Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, g…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and As… Identify the principal function of the whistle emitted by the steppe marmot. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, emit · **To what, where:** principal function, whistle This is exam question 1 of lesson 373 «Ukraine's steppe: marmots, sousliks, great bustards and Askania-Nova» 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/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal function of the whistle emitted by the steppe marmot. 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 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 emitted emit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 marmot marmot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . 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 function of the whistle | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme | | 2 | **emit** | participle | | the whistle *not said here* | | | | by the steppe marmot | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source | 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} To summon birds to its burrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:e1:o1:1 # text = To summon birds to its burrow 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 summon summon VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 burrow burrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | to-infinitive | | | birds | | | to its burrow | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To warn members of its family of approaching predators ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:e1:o2:1 # text = To warn members of its family of approaching predators 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 warn warn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 predators predator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | | members of its family of approaching predators | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient | | 2 | **approach** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To attract a mate in autumn ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:e1:o3:1 # text = To attract a mate in autumn 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 attract attract VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | to-infinitive | | a mate | | | autumn | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} To signal the onset of rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova:e1:o4:1 # text = To signal the onset of rain 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 signal signal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 onset onset NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signal** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | the onset of rain | | | | | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent onset=Topic | **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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