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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the function of wetlands in respect of flooding. Exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 4 · Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the function of wetlands in respect of flooding.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, respect · **To what, where:** response, function, flooding

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Swamps, marshes, mangroves and bogs» 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/11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the function of wetlands in respect of flooding.
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	wetlands	wetland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	flooding	flooding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	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* | the function of wetlands in respect of flooding |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus function=Experiencer |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | flooding |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 exert no influence whatsoever upon flooding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:e4:o1:1
# text = They exert no influence whatsoever upon flooding
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exert	exert	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	influence	influence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flooding	flooding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exert** | present | They | no influence |  |  |  | upon flooding; whatsoever *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They cause precipitation to fall in neighbouring regions instead of upon the wetland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:e4:o2:1
# text = They cause precipitation to fall in neighbouring regions instead of upon the wetland
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	precipitation	precipitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wetland	wetland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | They | precipitation |  |  |  | instead the wetland | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive | precipitation *not said here* |  |  | neighbouring regions |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in region=Location |
| 3 | **neighbour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They accelerate the passage of flood water towards settlements

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:e4:o3:1
# text = They accelerate the passage of flood water towards settlements
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accelerate	accelerate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	settlements	settlement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accelerate** | present | They | the passage of flood water |  |  |  | towards settlements | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent passage=Patient |
| 2 | **pass** |  | flood water |  |  |  |  |  | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They absorb flood water and subsequently release it gradually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs:e4:o4:1
# text = They absorb flood water and subsequently release it gradually
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	absorb	absorb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	release	release	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	gradually	gradually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absorb** | present | They | flood water |  |  |  |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal water=Theme |
| 2 | **release** | present | They *not said here* | water |  |  |  | gradually, subsequently *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source |

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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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