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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the character attributed to the red fox in popular narrative. Exam question 1 of lesson 141 «Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the character attributed to the red fox in popular narrative.

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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, attribute · **To what, where:** response, character

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 141 «Zootopia: real foxes and rabbits» 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/141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the character attributed to the red fox in popular narrative.
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	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	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 character |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus character=Experiencer |
| 4 | **attribute** | participle |  | the character *not said here* |  |  |  | to the red fox in popular narrative | tree rules |

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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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The red fox subsists exclusively upon rabbits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:e1:o1:1
# text = The red fox subsists exclusively upon rabbits
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	subsists	subsist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **subsist** | present | the red fox |  |  |  |  | upon rabbits; exclusively *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The red fox is incapable of learning from experience

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:e1:o2:1
# text = The red fox is incapable of learning from experience
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	experience	experience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the red fox | incapable |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund | incapable *not said here* |  |  | experience |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from experience=Source |

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

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The epithet «sly» is a human invention; the animal is cautious, curious and quick to learn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:e1:o3:1
# text = The epithet «sly» is a human invention; the animal is cautious, curious and quick to learn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	epithet	epithet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sly	sly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	cautious	cautious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the epithet | a human invention |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the animal |  |  |  |  | cautious *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **learn** | to-infinitive | the animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The red fox is demonstrably deceitful, devising tricks to cheat other species of their food

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits:e1:o4:1
# text = The red fox is demonstrably deceitful, devising tricks to cheat other species of their food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	demonstrably	demonstrably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	deceitful	deceitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	devising	devise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the red fox |  |  |  |  | deceitful, demonstrably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **devise** | gerund | the red fox *not said here* | tricks |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient |
| 3 | **cheat** | to-infinitive | the red fox *not said here* | other species of species's food |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Source |

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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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