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description: It is given that approximately two hundred golden lion tamarins remained in the wild during the 1970s. Determine the principal reason for their subsequent recovery. Exam question 4 of lesson 86 «The monkey house and the lemurs of Madagascar» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 4 · The monkey house and the lemurs of Madagascar

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It is given that approximately two hundred golden lion tamarins remained in the wild during the 1970s. Determine the principal reason for their subsequent recovery.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, you, tamarins · **What happens:** give, tamarin, remain, determine, recover · **To what, where:** It, hundred golden lion tamarins, wild, principal reason

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 86 «The monkey house and the lemurs of Madagascar» 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/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that approximately two hundred golden lion tamarins remained in the wild during the 1970s.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:e4:1
# text = It is given that approximately two hundred golden lion tamarins remained in the wild during the 1970s.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tamarins	tamarin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	1970s	1970s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **tamarin** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **remain** | participle |  | hundred golden lion tamarins *not said here* |  | the wild | during the 1970s |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the principal reason for their subsequent recovery.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:e4:2
# text = Determine the principal reason for their subsequent recovery.
1	Determine	determine	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	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  | for tamarins's subsequent recovery | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **recover** |  | tamarins *= tamarin* |  |  |  |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The relocation of the entire population to the forests of Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:e4:o1:1
# text = The relocation of the entire population to the forests of Africa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relocation	relocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** |  |  | the entire population to the forests of Africa |  |  |  |  | nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The provision of human food by tourists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:e4:o2:1
# text = The provision of human food by tourists
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tourists	tourist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** |  | human food |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cessation of all scientific study

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:e4:o3:1
# text = The cessation of all scientific study
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** |  |  | all scientific study |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Breeding in zoos and the return of animals to protected forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar:e4:o4:1
# text = Breeding in zoos and the return of animals to protected forest
1	Breeding	breed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | gerund |  |  |  | zoos and the return of animals |  | to protected forest | tree rules |
| 2 | **protect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **return** |  | animals |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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