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description: Identify the principal reason for which numerous cities plant exclusively male ginkgo trees. Exam question 1 of lesson 380 «China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus, tea and rice paddies» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus, tea and rice paddies

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Identify the principal reason for which numerous cities plant exclusively male ginkgo trees.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, numerous cities · **What happens:** identify, plant · **To what, where:** principal reason, male ginkgo trees

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 380 «China's plants: bamboo, ginkgo, lotus, tea and rice paddies» 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/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which numerous cities plant exclusively male ginkgo trees.
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	9	obl	_	_
7	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	plant	plant	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	ginkgo	ginkgo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	trees	tree	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 | **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 | **plant** | present | numerous cities | male ginkgo trees |  |  |  | for the principal reason; exclusively *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

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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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Female trees are toxic to the touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:e1:o1:1
# text = Female trees are toxic to the touch
1	Female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	toxic	toxic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Female trees |  |  |  |  | to the touch; toxic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Male trees attain greater height

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:e1:o2:1
# text = Male trees attain greater height
1	Male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	attain	attain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | present | Male trees | greater height |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent height=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Male trees are more tolerant of drought and of the pollution of city streets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:e1:o3:1
# text = Male trees are more tolerant of drought and of the pollution of city streets
1	Male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	tolerant	tolerant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	drought	drought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pollution	pollution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Male trees |  |  |  |  | of drought and the pollution of city streets; tolerant *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pollute** |  |  | city streets |  |  |  |  | nom pollution «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Only female trees bear seeds whose fleshy coat emits an offensive odour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies:e1:o4:1
# text = Only female trees bear seeds whose fleshy coat emits an offensive odour
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bear	bear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fleshy	fleshy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	emits	emit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	offensive	offensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	odour	odour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present | female trees | seeds |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent seed=Beneficiary odour=Patient |
| 2 | **emit** | present | fleshy coat |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source |

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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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