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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Sea lions, seals and otters · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a solitary seal pup discovered upon a beach. Exam question 3 of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Sea lions, seals and otters

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a solitary seal pup discovered upon a beach.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, discover · **To what, where:** response, solitary seal pup

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 100 «Sea lions, seals and otters» of the biology 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/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a solitary seal pup discovered upon a beach.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	solitary	solitary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	pup	pup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a solitary seal pup |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pup=Experiencer |
| 4 | **discover** | participle |  | a solitary seal pup *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a beach | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It ought to be fed with cow's milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e3:o1:1
# text = It ought to be fed with cow's milk
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | ought · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with cow's milk | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It ought to be carried at once into the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e3:o2:1
# text = It ought to be carried at once into the sea
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | ought · passive |  | It |  | the sea |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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It ought to be left undisturbed and a rescue organisation notified

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e3:o3:1
# text = It ought to be left undisturbed and a rescue organisation notified
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	notified	notify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | ought · passive |  | It |  |  |  | undisturbed *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **notify** *speech: other* | participle | a rescue organisation |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It ought to be removed to a private dwelling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters:e3:o4:1
# text = It ought to be removed to a private dwelling
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | ought · passive |  | It |  | a private dwelling |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to dwelling=Destination |

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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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