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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the slow loris. Exam question 2 of lesson 162 «Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy rhino, the stinking giant flower and the venomous loris» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy rhino, the stinking…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the slow loris.

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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 · **To what, where:** response, slow loris

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 162 «Sumatra: the smallest tiger, the hairy rhino, the stinking giant flower and the venomous loris» 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/162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the slow loris.
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	12	det	_	_
11	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	loris	loris	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 slow loris |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loris=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 {#o1}

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It derives pleasure from being tickled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris:e2:o1:1
# text = It derives pleasure from being tickled
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	tickled	tickle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It | pleasure |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pleasure=Theme |
| 2 | **tickle** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It subsists entirely upon bamboo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris:e2:o2:1
# text = It subsists entirely upon bamboo
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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It is among the very few primates in possession of venom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris:e2:o3:1
# text = It is among the very few primates in possession of venom
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	primates	primate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | possession of venom |  | among the few primates | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** |  |  | venom |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is the largest primate of Sumatra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris:e2:o4:1
# text = It is the largest primate of Sumatra
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	primate	primate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sumatra	Sumatra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the largest primate |  |  |  | of Sumatra | tree rules |

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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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