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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the droppings of the wombat. Exam question 3 of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 3 · Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the droppings of the wombat.

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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 · **To what, where:** response, droppings

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 104 «Koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils and the platypus» 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/104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the droppings of the wombat.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	droppings	dropping	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wombat	wombat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* | the droppings of the wombat |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dropping=Experiencer |

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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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They are spherical in form and are buried deep within the burrow by the mother

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:e3:o1:1
# text = They are spherical in form and are buried deep within the burrow by the mother
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	spherical	spherical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	burrow	burrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | form |  | spherical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bury** | present · passive | the mother |  |  |  |  | within the burrow; deep *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are spiral in form and are consumed by the young

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:e3:o2:1
# text = They are spiral in form and are consumed by the young
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	spiral	spiral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | form |  | spiral *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **consume** | present · passive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the young | vn consume-66 «NP V NP» |

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

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They are cubic in form, being shaped within the gut, and serve to mark its territory

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:e3:o3:1
# text = They are cubic in form, being shaped within the gut, and serve to mark its territory
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cubic	cubic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gut	gut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | form |  | cubic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shape** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | within the gut | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |
| 3 | **serve** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mark** | to-infinitive |  | gut's territory |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent territory=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are carved into shape by the animal's claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:104-koalas-wombats-tasmanian-devils-and-the-platypus:e3:o4:1
# text = They are carved into shape by the animal's claws
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | present · passive | the animal's claws | They |  | shape |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent subject=Material into shape=Product |

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