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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the employment of pigs in the herding of sheep. Exam question 1 of lesson 144 «Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 1 · Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the employment of pigs in the herding of sheep.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, employ · **To what, where:** response, employment, pigs

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 144 «Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs» 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/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the employment of pigs in the herding of sheep.
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	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	herding	herding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 employment of pigs in the herding of sheep |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus employment=Experiencer |
| 4 | **employ** |  |  | pigs in the herding of sheep |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state 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 {#o1}

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Pigs are customarily employed for this purpose on most sheep farms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:e1:o1:1
# text = Pigs are customarily employed for this purpose on most sheep farms
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | Pigs |  | most sheep farms |  | for this purpose; customarily *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for purpose=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Pigs are not so employed, although they are intelligent and may be trained to various tasks by reward

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:e1:o2:1
# text = Pigs are not so employed, although they are intelligent and may be trained to various tasks by reward
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	intelligent	intelligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **employ** | present · passive |  | Pigs |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Pigs *= pig* |  |  |  |  | intelligent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **train** | may · passive | reward |  |  |  |  | to various tasks | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pigs surpass dogs in this employment and have largely replaced them on the farms of Britain and Australia

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:e1:o3:1
# text = Pigs surpass dogs in this employment and have largely replaced them on the farms of Britain and Australia
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	surpass	surpass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	largely	largely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surpass** | present | Pigs | dogs |  |  |  | in this employment | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme in employment=Attribute |
| 2 | **replace** | present · perfect | Pigs *not said here* | dogs *= dog* |  | the farms of Britain and Australia |  | largely *property* | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pigs are incapable of acquiring any trained behaviour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs:e1:o4:1
# text = Pigs are incapable of acquiring any trained behaviour
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	acquiring	acquire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pigs |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **acquire** | gerund | Pigs *not said here* | any trained behaviour |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset behaviour=Theme |
| 3 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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