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title: Ascertain which stage of the clothes moth is responsible for damage… — Small creatures and creepy-crawlies · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain which stage of the clothes moth is responsible for damage to woollen garments. Exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» 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 · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

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Ascertain which stage of the clothes moth is responsible for damage to woollen garments.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, clothes moth · **What happens:** ascertain, be · **To what, where:** stage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e4:1
# text = Ascertain which stage of the clothes moth is responsible for damage to woollen garments.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	compound	_	_
7	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	woollen	woollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* | which stage |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | the clothes moth | which stage *not said here* |  |  |  | for damage to woollen garments; responsible *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The egg prior to hatching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e4:o1:1
# text = The egg prior to hatching
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	hatching	hatching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The adult winged moth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e4:o2:1
# text = The adult winged moth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	winged	wing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wing** | past | the adult | moth |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moth=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The larval stage, commonly termed the caterpillar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e4:o3:1
# text = The larval stage, commonly termed the caterpillar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	larval	larval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** | past | the larval stage | the caterpillar |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent caterpillar=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pupal stage, while it is still within its silken cocoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies:e4:o4:1
# text = The pupal stage, while it is still within its silken cocoon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pupal	pupal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cocoon	cocoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | still | within its silken cocoon | tree rules |

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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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