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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic f… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the supposed mass suicide of lemmings. Exam question 2 of lesson 168 «The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and the truth about lemmings» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the supposed mass suicide of lemmings.

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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, suppose · **To what, where:** response, supposed mass suicide

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 168 «The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and the truth about lemmings» 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/168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the supposed mass suicide of lemmings.
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	13	det	_	_
11	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
12	mass	mass	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	suicide	suicide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 supposed mass suicide of lemmings |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus suicide=Experiencer |
| 4 | **suppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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 is a well-attested phenomenon occurring every spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:e2:o1:1
# text = It is a well-attested phenomenon occurring every spring
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	attested	attest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attest** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a attested phenomenon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **occur** | gerund | a attested phenomenon *not said here* |  |  |  | spring |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is undertaken by elderly lemmings exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:e2:o2:1
# text = It is undertaken by elderly lemmings exclusively
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | present · passive | elderly lemmings | It |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |

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

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It is a myth propagated in part by a film of 1958 in which lemmings were deliberately driven over a cliff

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:e2:o3:1
# text = It is a myth propagated in part by a film of 1958 in which lemmings were deliberately driven over a cliff
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	propagated	propagate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1958	1958	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
15	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
17	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
19	over	over	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a myth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propagate** | participle |  | a myth *not said here* |  | part |  | by a film of 1958 | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=Location |
| 3 | **drive** | past · passive |  | lemmings |  | a myth |  | over a cliff; deliberately *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination over cliff=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It occurs only when lemmings are pursued by foxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings:e2:o4:1
# text = It occurs only when lemmings are pursued by foxes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	lemmings	lemming	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pursue** | present · passive | foxes | lemmings |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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