--- title: Identify the principal reason for which the colours of the goldfish… — Silkworms and goldfish: two animals Ch… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which the colours of the goldfish were intensified over the centuries. Exam question 3 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/e3/) [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/) / [Silkworms and goldfish: two animals Ch…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed Identify the principal reason for which the colours of the goldfish were intensified over the centuries. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, intensify · **To what, where:** principal reason, colours This is exam question 3 of lesson 381 «Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed» 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/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e3:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which the colours of the goldfish were intensified over the centuries. 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 13 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 intensified intensify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . 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 | **intensify** | past · passive | | the colours of the goldfish | | | century | for the principal reason | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | 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} Selective breeding by human keepers of the brightest individuals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e3:o1:1 # text = Selective breeding by human keepers of the brightest individuals 1 Selective selective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 breeding breeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 keepers keeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 brightest bright ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 individuals individual NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Exposure to strong sunlight in shallow ponds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e3:o2:1 # text = Exposure to strong sunlight in shallow ponds 1 Exposure exposure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ponds pond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A sudden change in the climate of East Asia ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e3:o3:1 # text = A sudden change in the climate of East Asia 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 climate climate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acclimate** | | East Asia | | | | | | nom climate «state intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A diet consisting exclusively of orange foodstuffs supplied by monks ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e3:o4:1 # text = A diet consisting exclusively of orange foodstuffs supplied by monks 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 diet diet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 consisting consist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 exclusively exclusively ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 foodstuffs foodstuff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 supplied supply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | gerund | a diet *not said here* | | | | | of orange foodstuffs; exclusively *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **supply** | participle | | orange foodstuffs *not said here* | | | | by monks | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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