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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the coat of the Dalmatian at birth. Exam question 1 of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 1 · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the coat of the Dalmatian at birth.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, coat, birth

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» 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/140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the coat of the Dalmatian at birth.
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	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Dalmatian	Dalmatian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 coat of the Dalmatian |  | birth |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus coat=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The puppy is born white and the spots appear after approximately two weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e1:o1:1
# text = The puppy is born white and the spots appear after approximately two weeks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | the puppy |  |  |  | white *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **appear** | present | the spots |  |  |  | week |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The puppy is born with its full pattern of spots, which merely enlarge with growth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e1:o2:1
# text = The puppy is born with its full pattern of spots, which merely enlarge with growth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
13	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | the puppy |  |  |  | with puppy's full pattern of spots | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **enlarge** | present |  | spots |  |  |  | with growth; merely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent which=Patient with growth=Instrument |
| 3 | **pattern** |  | spots |  |  |  |  |  | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The puppy is born black and subsequently turns white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e1:o3:1
# text = The puppy is born black and subsequently turns white
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | the puppy |  |  |  | black *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **turn** | present |  |  |  |  |  | subsequently, white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The spots are applied artificially by breeders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e1:o4:1
# text = The spots are applied artificially by breeders
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	artificially	artificially	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	breeders	breeder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present · passive | breeders | the spots |  |  |  | artificially *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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