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title: Identify the principal reason for which the raccoon is observed to i… — Animals of North America and Britain:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the raccoon is observed to immerse its food in water. Exam question 2 of lesson 80 «Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles, raccoons, beavers, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, robins» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles,…

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Identify the principal reason for which the raccoon is observed to immerse its food in water.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, observe, immerse · **To what, where:** principal reason, raccoon, food, water

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 80 «Animals of North America and Britain: moose, bald eagles, raccoons, beavers, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, robins» 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/80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the raccoon is observed to immerse its food in water.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	raccoon	raccoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	immerse	immerse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | present · passive |  | the raccoon |  |  |  | for the principal reason | tree rules |
| 3 | **immerse** | to-infinitive |  | raccoon's food |  | water |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme in water=Destination |

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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 raccoon thereby removes dirt in the manner of a human being

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:e2:o1:1
# text = The raccoon thereby removes dirt in the manner of a human being
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raccoon	raccoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | the raccoon | dirt |  | the manner |  | thereby *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The raccoon thereby cools food of an excessive temperature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:e2:o2:1
# text = The raccoon thereby cools food of an excessive temperature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raccoon	raccoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | present | the raccoon | food of a excessive temperature |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The raccoon thereby drowns living prey before consumption

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:e2:o3:1
# text = The raccoon thereby drowns living prey before consumption
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raccoon	raccoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	drowns	drown	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | present | the raccoon | living prey |  |  | before consumption | thereby *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Patient |
| 2 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Moistened forepaws appear to give a keener sense of touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:80-animals-of-north-america-and-britain:e2:o4:1
# text = Moistened forepaws appear to give a keener sense of touch
1	Moistened	moisten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	forepaws	forepaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	keener	keen	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moisten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **appear** | present | Moistened forepaws |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | Moistened forepaws *not said here* | a keener sense of touch |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Theme |
| 4 | **sense** |  |  | touch |  |  |  |  | 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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