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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flood… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the piranhas of the Amazon. Exam question 1 of lesson 155 «The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flooded forest, giant fish and piranhas» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 1 · The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flooded forest, giant fis…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the piranhas of the Amazon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, piranhas

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 155 «The Amazon river: pink dolphins, flooded forest, giant fish and piranhas» 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/155-the-amazon-river/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the piranhas of the Amazon.
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	piranhas	piranha	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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 piranhas of the Amazon |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus piranha=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The majority are timid shoaling fish, frequently scavenging, and are seldom dangerous to swimmers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:e1:o1:1
# text = The majority are timid shoaling fish, frequently scavenging, and are seldom dangerous to swimmers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	timid	timid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	shoaling	shoal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	scavenging	scavenge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the majority |  |  |  |  | timid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shoal** | gerund | the majority *not said here* | fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **scavenge** | gerund | the majority *not said here* |  |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | the majority *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to swimmers; dangerous, seldom *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are entirely without teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:e1:o2:1
# text = They are entirely without teeth
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | without teeth; entirely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shoals habitually reduce whole cattle to skeletons within seconds whenever they enter the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:e1:o3:1
# text = Shoals habitually reduce whole cattle to skeletons within seconds whenever they enter the water
1	Shoals	shoal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	reduce	reduce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	enter	enter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present | Shoals | whole cattle |  |  | second | to skeletons *goal*; habitually *property* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer cattle=Patient to skeleton=Goal |
| 2 | **enter** | present | Shoals *= shoal* | the water |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They subsist exclusively upon the flesh of mammals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:155-the-amazon-river:e1:o4:1
# text = They subsist exclusively upon the flesh of mammals
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	subsist	subsist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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