--- title: Identify the principal function of proteins in the diet. — Healthy food, water and vitamins · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal function of proteins in the diet. Exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Healthy food, water and vitamins» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/36-healthy-food/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/) / [Healthy food, water and vitamins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/36-healthy-food/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Healthy food, water and vitamins Identify the principal function of proteins in the diet. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Healthy food, water and vitamins» 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/36-healthy-food/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:36-healthy-food:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal function of proteins in the diet. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 proteins protein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 diet diet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of proteins in the diet | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme | 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} The provision of fibre ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:36-healthy-food:e1:o1:1 # text = The provision of fibre 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fibre fibre NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **provide** | | fibre | | | | | | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The building and repair of the body ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:36-healthy-food:e1:o2:1 # text = The building and repair of the body 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 repair repair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The retention of water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:36-healthy-food:e1:o3:1 # text = The retention of water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 retention retention NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retain** | | | water | | | | | nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The prevention of scurvy among sailors at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:36-healthy-food:e1:o4:1 # text = The prevention of scurvy among sailors at sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prevention prevention NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 scurvy scurvy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 among among ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prevent** | | | scurvy | | | | among sailors at sea | nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient among=obl | **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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