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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Mountains: life as you climb higher · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisation of the snow leopard. Exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Mountains: life as you climb higher» 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 4 · Mountains: life as you climb higher

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisation of the snow leopard.

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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, vocalise · **To what, where:** response, vocalisation, snow leopard

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Mountains: life as you climb higher» 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/13-mountains-life-as-you-climb/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:13-mountains-life-as-you-climb:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisation of the snow leopard.
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	vocalisation	vocalisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 vocalisation of the snow leopard |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vocalisation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **vocalise** |  |  | the snow leopard |  |  |  |  | nom vocalisation «communication 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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It produces no sound of any description

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:13-mountains-life-as-you-climb:e4:o1:1
# text = It produces no sound of any description
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | It | no sound of any description |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It communicates exclusively by whistling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:13-mountains-life-as-you-climb:e4:o2:1
# text = It communicates exclusively by whistling
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	communicates	communicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	whistling	whistle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | present | It |  |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **whistle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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It is incapable of roaring and produces a puffing sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:13-mountains-life-as-you-climb:e4:o3:1
# text = It is incapable of roaring and produces a puffing sound
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	puffing	puffing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **roar** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **produce** | present |  | a puffing sound |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It roars more loudly than any other cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:13-mountains-life-as-you-climb:e4:o4:1
# text = It roars more loudly than any other cat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roars	roar	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | present | It |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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