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description: Ascertain the consequence for a sea turtle of the ingestion of a floating plastic bag. Exam question 4 of lesson 8 «The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 4 · The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark

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Ascertain the consequence for a sea turtle of the ingestion of a floating plastic bag.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, float, ingest · **To what, where:** consequence, floating plastic bag

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 8 «The ocean: open sea, sunlit zone and the deep dark» 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/8-the-ocean/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the consequence for a sea turtle of the ingestion of a floating plastic bag.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ingestion	ingestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
14	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 consequence |  |  |  | for a sea turtle of the ingestion of a floating plastic bag | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition consequence=Theme for turtle=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ingest** |  |  | a floating plastic bag |  |  |  |  | nom ingestion «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 plastic renders the turtle buoyant and swifter, whereby it more readily escapes from those predators which pursue it

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:e4:o1:1
# text = The plastic renders the turtle buoyant and swifter, whereby it more readily escapes from those predators which pursue it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	renders	render	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	buoyant	buoyant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	swifter	swifter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
12	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
13	readily	readily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	escapes	escape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | present | that predators | swifter |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The plastic is digested without consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:e4:o2:1
# text = The plastic is digested without consequence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	digested	digest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **digest** | present · passive |  | the plastic |  |  |  | without consequence | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The plastic augments the nourishment of the turtle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:e4:o3:1
# text = The plastic augments the nourishment of the turtle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	augments	augment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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The plastic may obstruct the stomach and occasion a false sense of fullness, whereby the turtle starves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:8-the-ocean:e4:o4:1
# text = The plastic may obstruct the stomach and occasion a false sense of fullness, whereby the turtle starves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	obstruct	obstruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fullness	fullness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	starves	starve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obstruct** | may | the plastic | the stomach and occasion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **starve** | present | the turtle |  |  |  |  | whereby *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sense** |  |  | fullness |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition 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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