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# Exam question 4 · Silkworms and goldfish: two animals China changed

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of releasing goldfish into natural waters?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consequences · **What happens:** follow, characteris, release · **To what, where:** consequences, goldfish, natural waters

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of releasing goldfish into natural waters?
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	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	releasing	release	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 consequences |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **release** | gerund | the consequences *not said here* | goldfish |  | natural waters |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer goldfish=Source |

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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 {#o1}

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They transform into a different species forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e4:o1:1
# text = They transform into a different species forthwith
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	transform	transform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	species	species	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | present | They |  |  |  |  | into a different species *result*; forthwith *property* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into species=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They invariably perish within a single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e4:o2:1
# text = They invariably perish within a single day
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	perish	perish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | present | They |  |  |  | day | invariably *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They may attain great size and harm native fish populations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e4:o3:1
# text = They may attain great size and harm native fish populations
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	attain	attain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	populations	population	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | may | They | great size |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Theme |
| 2 | **harm** | infinitive | They *not said here* | native fish populations |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus population=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They purify the water to the benefit of all species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed:e4:o4:1
# text = They purify the water to the benefit of all species
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	purify	purify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purify** | present | They | the water |  |  |  | to the benefit of all species | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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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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