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title: Ascertain the reason for which takins assemble at certain muddy sites. — China's mountains: golden snub-nosed m… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which takins assemble at certain muddy sites. Exam question 4 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 4 · China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-…

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Ascertain the reason for which takins assemble at certain muddy sites.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, takins · **What happens:** ascertain, assemble · **To what, where:** reason, certain muddy sites

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 378 «China's mountains: golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red-crowned cranes and giant salamanders» 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/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which takins assemble at certain muddy sites.
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	7	obl	_	_
6	takins	takin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	assemble	assemble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sites	site	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | **assemble** | present | takins |  |  | certain muddy sites |  | for the reason | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The ground there is rich in salt and minerals deficient in their food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:e4:o1:1
# text = The ground there is rich in salt and minerals deficient in their food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	minerals	mineral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	deficient	deficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ground |  |  | salt and minerals; there |  | rich *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The mud protects them from wolves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:e4:o2:1
# text = The mud protects them from wolves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | the mud | them *= they* |  |  |  | from wolves | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary from wolf=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They assemble there to give birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:e4:o3:1
# text = They assemble there to give birth
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	assemble	assemble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assemble** | present | They |  |  | there |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | birth |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sites are warmer than the surrounding forest during the winter months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders:e4:o4:1
# text = The sites are warmer than the surrounding forest during the winter months
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sites	site	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	surrounding	surround	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the sites |  |  |  | month | than the surrounding forest; warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **surround** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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