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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Why zoos exist and what critics say · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning accredited zoological institutions. Exam question 3 of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · Why zoos exist and what critics say

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning accredited zoological institutions.

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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, accredit · **To what, where:** response, accredited zoological institutions

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 115 «Why zoos exist and what critics say» 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/115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning accredited zoological institutions.
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	accredited	accredit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
11	zoological	zoological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	institutions	institution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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* | accredited zoological institutions |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus institution=Experiencer |
| 4 | **accredit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: 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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They are exempt from all inspection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e3:o1:1
# text = They are exempt from all inspection
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	exempt	exempt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	inspection	inspection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | all inspection |  | exempt *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are permitted to offer photographs with tiger cubs and with other young wild animals

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e3:o2:1
# text = They are permitted to offer photographs with tiger cubs and with other young wild animals
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	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	photographs	photograph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cubs	cub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **offer** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | photographs |  |  |  | with tiger cubs and other young wild animals | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme |

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

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They are inspected by associations for standards of care, safety and conservation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e3:o3:1
# text = They are inspected by associations for standards of care, safety and conservation
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	inspected	inspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	associations	association	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	standards	standard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	conservation	conservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inspect** | present · passive | associations | They |  |  |  | for standards of care and safety and conservation | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for standard=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are owned by the royal household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:115-why-zoos-exist-and-what-critics-say:e3:o4:1
# text = They are owned by the royal household
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	owned	own	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present · passive | the royal household | They |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme |

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