--- title: Identify the principal function of the matriarch within an elephant… — The elephant house: herds, feet, food… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal function of the matriarch within an elephant herd. Exam question 1 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The elephant house: herds, feet, food…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth Identify the principal function of the matriarch within an elephant herd. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function This is exam question 1 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal function of the matriarch within an elephant herd. 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 _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 matriarch matriarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 within within ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 matriarch | | | | within a elephant herd | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She retains knowledge of food, water and dangers ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e1:o1:1 # text = She retains knowledge of food, water and dangers 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 retains retain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 dangers danger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retain** | present | She | knowledge of food and water and dangers | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} She defends the herd against bulls by fighting them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e1:o2:1 # text = She defends the herd against bulls by fighting them 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 defends defend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defend** | present | She | the herd | | | | against bulls | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent herd=Beneficiary against bull=Theme | | 2 | **fight** | gerund | She *not said here* | bulls *= bull* | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She hunts on behalf of the herd ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e1:o3:1 # text = She hunts on behalf of the herd 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hunts hunt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | present | She | | | behalf of the herd | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on behalf=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} She bears all of the herd's offspring ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e1:o4:1 # text = She bears all of the herd's offspring 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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