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description: Identify the principal function of the broad, fur-covered paws of the snow leopard. Exam question 1 of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 1 · The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and…

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Identify the principal function of the broad, fur-covered paws of the snow leopard.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, cover · **To what, where:** principal function, fur

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» 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/82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal function of the broad, fur-covered paws of the snow leopard.
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
7	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	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 function of the broad covered paws of the snow leopard |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |
| 2 | **cover** | participle · passive |  | fur |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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To enable it to descend trees head first in pursuit of prey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e1:o1:1
# text = To enable it to descend trees head first in pursuit of prey
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enable	enable	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	descend	descend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **descend** | to-infinitive |  | trees head |  | pursuit of prey |  | first *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme |
| 3 | **pursue** |  |  | prey |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To distribute its weight upon the snow as snowshoes do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e1:o2:1
# text = To distribute its weight upon the snow as snowshoes do
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	distribute	distribute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	snowshoes	snowshoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distribute** | to-infinitive |  | its weight |  |  |  | upon the snow | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent weight=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | snowshoes |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To amplify the sound of its roar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e1:o3:1
# text = To amplify the sound of its roar
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	amplify	amplify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	roar	roar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amplify** | to-infinitive |  | the sound of sound's roar |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |
| 2 | **roar** |  | sound |  |  |  |  |  | nom roar «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To permit rapid swimming in mountain rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:82-big-cats-house-snow-leopards-jaguars-small-cats:e1:o4:1
# text = To permit rapid swimming in mountain rivers
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	permit	permit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | to-infinitive |  | rapid swimming |  | mountain rivers |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent swimming=Theme in river=Location |

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