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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisations of howler monkeys. Exam question 4 of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Exam question 4 · Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisations of howler monkeys.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, vocalise · **To what, where:** response, vocalisations, howler monkeys

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 15 «Monkeys: kinds, tails and troops» 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/15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vocalisations of howler monkeys.
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	vocalisations	vocalisation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	howler	howler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 vocalisations of howler monkeys |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vocalisation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **vocalise** |  |  | howler monkeys |  |  |  |  | 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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They are emitted solely for the purpose of attracting rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e4:o1:1
# text = They are emitted solely for the purpose of attracting rain
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	emitted	emit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	attracting	attract	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emit** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | for the purpose; solely *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **attract** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | rain |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are produced exclusively at midnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e4:o2:1
# text = They are produced exclusively at midnight
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive |  | They |  |  | midnight | exclusively *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are inaudible beyond the tree occupied by the troop, being no louder than a whisper

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e4:o3:1
# text = They are inaudible beyond the tree occupied by the troop, being no louder than a whisper
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	inaudible	inaudible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
13	no	no	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	whisper	whisper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | beyond the tree; inaudible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **occupy** | participle |  | the tree *not said here* |  |  |  | by the troop | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **is** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | than a whisper; loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They may be heard at a distance of approximately five kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:15-monkeys-kinds-tails-and-troops:e4:o4:1
# text = They may be heard at a distance of approximately five kilometres
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | may · passive |  | They |  |  |  | at a distance of five kilometres | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |

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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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