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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the response of bulls to the red cape of the matador. Exam question 1 of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 1 · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the response of bulls to the red cape of the matador.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» 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/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the response of bulls to the red cape of the matador.
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	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	matador	matador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 response of bulls |  |  |  | to the red cape of the matador | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus response=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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The bull is provoked exclusively by the colour red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e1:o1:1
# text = The bull is provoked exclusively by the colour red
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	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	provoked	provoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provoke** | present · passive |  | the bull |  |  |  | by colour red; exclusively *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bull is provoked by the hat of the matador

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e1:o2:1
# text = The bull is provoked by the hat of the matador
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	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	provoked	provoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	matador	matador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provoke** | present · passive |  | the bull |  |  |  | by the hat of the matador | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bull is incapable of perceiving the cape at all, being entirely blind in daylight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e1:o3:1
# text = The bull is incapable of perceiving the cape at all, being entirely blind in daylight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
13	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	daylight	daylight	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 a** | present | the bull | incapable |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **perceive** | gerund | incapable *not said here* | the cape |  | all |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cape=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | daylight |  | blind, entirely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The bull is provoked by the movement of the cape and not by its colour

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons:e1:o4:1
# text = The bull is provoked by the movement of the cape and not by its colour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	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	provoked	provoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cape	cape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provoke** | present · passive | the movement of the cape and movement's colour | the bull |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **move** |  |  | the cape and movement's colour |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

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