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title: Ascertain the means by which a chick effects its emergence from the… — Life is precious: wonder and gratitude · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the means by which a chick effects its emergence from the egg. Exam question 4 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

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Ascertain the means by which a chick effects its emergence from the egg.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, the, emergence, its · **What happens:** ascertain, mean, effect, emerge · **To what, where:** egg

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the means by which a chick effects its emergence from the egg.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	emergence	emergence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **effect** |  | its emergence |  |  | the egg |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **emerge** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom emergence «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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By means of assistance from the parent bird externally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e4:o1:1
# text = By means of assistance from the parent bird externally
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	externally	externally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of assistance from the parent bird; externally *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By means of the spontaneous dissolution of the shell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e4:o2:1
# text = By means of the spontaneous dissolution of the shell
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spontaneous	spontaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the spontaneous dissolution of the shell | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dissolve** |  |  | the shell |  |  |  |  | nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By means of a small egg tooth situated upon its beak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e4:o3:1
# text = By means of a small egg tooth situated upon its beak
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a small egg tooth | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **situate** | participle |  | a small egg tooth *not said here* |  | tooth's beak |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon beak=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By means of the intervention of the farmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e4:o4:1
# text = By means of the intervention of the farmer
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the intervention of the farmer | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **intervene** |  | the farmer |  |  |  |  |  | nom intervention «act 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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