--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises mamm… — Groups of animals and how to tell them… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises mammals? Exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Groups of animals and how to tell them apart» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/24-animal-groups/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Groups of animals and how to tell them…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/24-animal-groups/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Groups of animals and how to tell them apart Which of the following statements most accurately characterises mammals? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** mammals This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Groups of animals and how to tell them apart» of the world 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/world/24-animal-groups/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises mammals? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | mammals | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} They possess feathers and lay hard-shelled eggs ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:e1:o1:1 # text = They possess feathers and lay hard-shelled eggs 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 shelled shell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | They | feathers | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot feather=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | present | They *not said here* | shelled eggs | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | | 3 | **shell** | participle | | | | | | | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They possess gills throughout their lives ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:e1:o2:1 # text = They possess gills throughout their lives 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gills gill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | They | gills | | | throughout gills's lives | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gill=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They possess hair or fur and nourish their young with milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:e1:o3:1 # text = They possess hair or fur and nourish their young with milk 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 nourish nourish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | They | hair or fur | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hair=Theme | | 2 | **nourish** | present | They *not said here* | hair's young | | | | with milk | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent young=Patient with milk=Instrument | ### Option 4 {#o4} They possess six legs and three body parts ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:24-animal-groups:e1:o4:1 # text = They possess six legs and three body parts 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | They | six legs and three body parts | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leg=Theme | **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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