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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the radioactivity of wild boar in Germany? Exam question 3 of lesson 376 «The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what is still argued» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 3 · The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what i…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the radioactivity of wild boar in Germany?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** radioactivity

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 376 «The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back, and what is still argued» 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/376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the radioactivity of wild boar in Germany?
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	10	det	_	_
10	radioactivity	radioactivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Germany	Germany	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	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 radioactivity of wild boar in Germany |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It persists because boar consume subterranean fungi which accumulate radioactive caesium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:e3:o1:1
# text = It persists because boar consume subterranean fungi which accumulate radioactive caesium
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persists	persist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
4	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	consume	consume	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
6	subterranean	subterranean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fungi	fungus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	accumulate	accumulate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	radioactive	radioactive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	caesium	caesium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | because subterranean fungi | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **consume** | present | boar *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accumulate** | present | subterranean fungi | radioactive caesium |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent caesium=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It derives from grass alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:e3:o2:1
# text = It derives from grass alone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It |  |  | grass |  | alone *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from grass=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It arises because the boar migrated from Ukraine across Poland in great numbers after 1986

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:e3:o3:1
# text = It arises because the boar migrated from Ukraine across Poland in great numbers after 1986
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	migrated	migrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Poland	Poland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	1986	1986	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | It |  |  | Poland | after 1986 | because the boar; in great numbers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location |
| 2 | **migrate** | participle |  | the boar *not said here* |  | Ukraine |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It has entirely disappeared since 1990

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued:e3:o4:1
# text = It has entirely disappeared since 1990
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	since	since	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1990	1990	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | present · perfect | It |  |  |  | since 1990 | entirely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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