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title: State the principal function of the large intestine. — Digestion: from mouth to intestines · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal function of the large intestine. Exam question 3 of lesson 33 «Digestion: from mouth to intestines» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Digestion: from mouth to intestines

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State the principal function of the large intestine.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 33 «Digestion: from mouth to intestines» 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/33-digestion/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:e3:1
# text = State the principal function of the large intestine.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	intestine	intestine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The mixing of food with acid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:e3:o1:1
# text = The mixing of food with acid
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mixing	mixing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** |  |  | food |  |  |  | with acid | nom mixing «act transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The recovery of water from what remains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:e3:o2:1
# text = The recovery of water from what remains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** |  | water |  |  | remains |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=agent from=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The digestion of starch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:e3:o3:1
# text = The digestion of starch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	digestion	digestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	starch	starch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **digest** |  |  | starch |  |  |  |  | nom digestion «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The production of bile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:33-digestion:e3:o4:1
# text = The production of bile
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bile	bile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** |  |  | bile |  |  |  |  | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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