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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the vulnerability of giant reptiles to environmental change? Exam question 4 of lesson 383 «Giant reptiles of the past: Titanoboa, Sarcosuchus, Deinosuchus and giant tortoises» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 4 · Giant reptiles of the past: Titanoboa, Sarcosuchus, Deinos…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the vulnerability of giant reptiles to environmental change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** vulnerability

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 383 «Giant reptiles of the past: Titanoboa, Sarcosuchus, Deinosuchus and giant tortoises» 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/383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the vulnerability of giant reptiles to environmental change?
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	vulnerability	vulnerability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	environmental	environmental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	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 vulnerability of giant reptiles to environmental change |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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They reproduced far too rapidly for the quantity of food available within their habitat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:e4:o1:1
# text = They reproduced far too rapidly for the quantity of food available within their habitat
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reproduced	reproduce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	within	within	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	habitat	habitat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reproduce** | past | They |  |  |  |  | for the quantity of food; within their habitat; far, rapidly *property* | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Their small size made them easy prey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:e4:o2:1
# text = Their small size made them easy prey
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Their small size | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary prey=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their warm blood was unsuited to heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:e4:o3:1
# text = Their warm blood was unsuited to heat
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	unsuited	unsuit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	heat	heat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unsuit** | past · passive |  | Their warm blood |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **heat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Their great demand for food and few offspring rendered recovery difficult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises:e4:o4:1
# text = Their great demand for food and few offspring rendered recovery difficult
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	offspring	offspring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | participle | Their great demand for food and few offspring | recovery |  |  |  | difficult *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recovery=Theme |
| 2 | **demand** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  | for food | nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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