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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purpose of wallowing in mud by the domestic pig. Exam question 1 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 1 · Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purpose of wallowing in mud by the domestic pig.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, purpose · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, wallow · **To what, where:** response, purpose, mud

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 138 «Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like» 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/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purpose of wallowing in mud by the domestic pig.
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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	wallowing	wallow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 purpose |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus purpose=Experiencer |
| 4 | **wallow** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* |  |  | mud |  | by the domestic pig | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Pigs wallow solely for amusement without any benefit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e1:o1:1
# text = Pigs wallow solely for amusement without any benefit
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wallow	wallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wallow** | present | Pigs |  |  |  |  | for amusement; without any benefit; solely *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mud is employed by pigs for the cleaning of their teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e1:o2:1
# text = Mud is employed by pigs for the cleaning of their teeth
1	Mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive | pigs | Mud |  |  |  | for the cleaning of pigs's teeth | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for cleaning=Eventuality |
| 2 | **clean** |  | pigs's teeth |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Pigs possess few functioning sweat glands, and mud cools the body while protecting it from sun and insects

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e1:o3:1
# text = Pigs possess few functioning sweat glands, and mud cools the body while protecting it from sun and insects
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	functioning	functioning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	glands	gland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	protecting	protect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Pigs | few functioning sweat glands |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gland=Theme |
| 2 | **cool** | present | mud | the body |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient |
| 3 | **protect** | gerund | mud *not said here* | body |  |  |  | from sun and insects | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary from sun=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pigs derive their principal nourishment from mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs:e1:o4:1
# text = Pigs derive their principal nourishment from mud
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | Pigs | Pigs's principal nourishment |  | mud |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent nourishment=Result from mud=Material |

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