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title: Ascertain the sole location in which axolotls are found in the wild. — The axolotl, the tardigrade and the ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the sole location in which axolotls are found in the wild. Exam question 4 of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp

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Ascertain the sole location in which axolotls are found in the wild.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, find · **To what, where:** sole location, axolotls

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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/44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the sole location in which axolotls are found in the wild.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	axolotls	axolotl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sole location |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | axolotls |  | the sole location |  | in the wild | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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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The coral reefs of Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e4:o1:1
# text = The coral reefs of Australia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	coral	coral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reefs	reef	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon basin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e4:o2:1
# text = The rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon basin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
4	flooded	flood	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | past | the rivers | forests of the Amazon basin |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent forest=Patient |

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

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The canals of Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e4:o3:1
# text = The canals of Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canals	canal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Xochimilco	Xochimilco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	City	City	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The lakes of northern Canada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e4:o4:1
# text = The lakes of northern Canada
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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