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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocal communication of mice. Exam question 3 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 3 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocal communication of mice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, mice · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, communicate · **To what, where:** response, vocal communication

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» 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/120-how-real-mice-survive/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocal communication of mice.
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	12	det	_	_
11	vocal	vocal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	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 vocal communication of mice |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus communication=Experiencer |
| 4 | **communicate** |  | mice |  |  |  |  |  | nom communication «communication intransitive»: of=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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Mice imitate the vocalisations of cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e3:o1:1
# text = Mice imitate the vocalisations of cats
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	imitate	imitate	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	vocalisations	vocalisation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imitate** | present | Mice | the vocalisations of cats |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vocalisation=Theme |
| 2 | **vocalise** |  |  | cats |  |  |  |  | nom vocalisation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Mice communicate in part by ultrasound, inaudible to the human ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e3:o2:1
# text = Mice communicate in part by ultrasound, inaudible to the human ear
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	communicate	communicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ultrasound	ultrasound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	inaudible	inaudible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | present | Mice |  |  | part |  | by ultrasound | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mice are entirely silent creatures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e3:o3:1
# text = Mice are entirely silent creatures
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mice | silent creatures |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mice communicate solely by loud low-frequency calls that humans hear easily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive:e3:o4:1
# text = Mice communicate solely by loud low-frequency calls that humans hear easily
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	communicate	communicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	frequency	frequency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
11	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | present | Mice |  |  |  |  | by loud frequency calls; solely *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hear** | present | humans | loud frequency calls |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

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