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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the savanna? Exam question 1 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Exam question 1 · The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the savanna?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** savanna

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» 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/4-the-savanna/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the savanna?
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	savanna	savanna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 savanna |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The savanna is a sandy expanse wholly devoid of vegetation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e1:o1:1
# text = The savanna is a sandy expanse wholly devoid of vegetation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	savanna	savanna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	expanse	expanse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	devoid	devoid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the savanna | a sandy expanse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The savanna is a dense forest receiving precipitation upon every day of the year without exception

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e1:o2:1
# text = The savanna is a dense forest receiving precipitation upon every day of the year without exception
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	savanna	savanna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	without	without	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the savanna | a dense forest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **receive** | gerund | a dense forest *not said here* | precipitation |  |  | day | without exception | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precipitation=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The savanna is a cold, treeless plain adjacent to the North Pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e1:o3:1
# text = The savanna is a cold, treeless plain adjacent to the North Pole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	savanna	savanna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	treeless	treeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the savanna |  |  |  |  | to a cold adjacent North Pole | tree rules |

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

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The savanna is a warm grassland bearing scattered trees and subject to a prolonged dry season

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e1:o4:1
# text = The savanna is a warm grassland bearing scattered trees and subject to a prolonged dry season
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	savanna	savanna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grassland	grassland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	scattered	scatter	ADJ	VBN	_	9	amod	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
15	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the savanna | a warm grassland |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | gerund | a warm grassland *not said here* | scattered trees and subject |  |  | season |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
| 3 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

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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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