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title: Ascertain the finding of the investigation conducted concerning the… — Birds and baby animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the finding of the investigation conducted concerning the echo of a duck's quack. Exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Birds and baby animals

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Ascertain the finding of the investigation conducted concerning the echo of a duck's quack.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, finding · **What happens:** ascertain, conduct, concern · **To what, where:** finding, echo

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths 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/myths/10-birds-and-baby-animals/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the finding of the investigation conducted concerning the echo of a duck's quack.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	finding	finding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	investigation	investigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	echo	echo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	quack	quack	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 finding |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finding=Topic |
| 2 | **conduct** | past | the finding *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the investigation | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the finding *not said here* | the echo of a duck's quack |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus echo=Experiencer |

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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 investigation could not be completed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e4:o1:1
# text = The investigation could not be completed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	investigation	investigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	completed	complete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **complete** | could · passive |  | the investigation |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The quack was found to produce no echo whatsoever in any room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e4:o2:1
# text = The quack was found to produce no echo whatsoever in any room
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quack	quack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	echo	echo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | the quack |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **produce** | to-infinitive | the quack *not said here* | no echo |  | any room |  | whatsoever *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent echo=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only the quacks of male ducks were found to echo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e4:o3:1
# text = Only the quacks of male ducks were found to echo
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	quacks	quack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	echo	echo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | the quacks of male ducks |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **echo** | to-infinitive | the quacks of male ducks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The quack was found to produce an echo, albeit a faint one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:10-birds-and-baby-animals:e4:o4:1
# text = The quack was found to produce an echo, albeit a faint one
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quack	quack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	echo	echo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	albeit	albeit	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | the quack |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **produce** | to-infinitive | the quack *not said here* | a echo |  |  |  | albeit a faint one | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent echo=Result |

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