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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a zoo studbook? Exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Conservation: how people help animals come back

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a zoo studbook?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zoo studbook · **What happens:** follow, characteris, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» 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/78-conservation-animals-come-back/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a zoo studbook?
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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	zoo	zoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	studbook	studbook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 purpose of a zoo studbook |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | a zoo studbook |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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It records the opening hours of each enclosure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:e3:o1:1
# text = It records the opening hours of each enclosure
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	records	record	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present | It |  |  |  | hour |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It sets out regulations for the conduct of visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:e3:o2:1
# text = It sets out regulations for the conduct of visitors
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	regulations	regulation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set out** | present | It | regulations |  |  |  | for the conduct of visitors | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** |  |  | visitors |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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It records lineage so that rare animals are not paired with close relatives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:e3:o3:1
# text = It records lineage so that rare animals are not paired with close relatives
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	records	record	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lineage	lineage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	paired	pair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present | It | lineage |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lineage=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **pair** | present · passive |  | rare animals |  |  |  | with close relatives | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with relative=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It records the dietary preferences of each animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:78-conservation-animals-come-back:e3:o4:1
# text = It records the dietary preferences of each animal
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	records	record	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dietary	dietary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	preferences	preference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present | It | the dietary preferences of each animal |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preference=Theme |
| 2 | **prefer** |  |  | each animal |  |  |  |  | nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=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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