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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Mountains of the world: snow leopards,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bar-headed goose. Exam question 3 of lesson 183 «Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese, condors and Everest spiders» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 3 · Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese,…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bar-headed goose.

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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, head · **To what, where:** response, headed goose

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 183 «Mountains of the world: snow leopards, high-flying geese, condors and Everest spiders» 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/183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bar-headed goose.
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	14	det	_	_
11	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	headed	head	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	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 headed goose |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus goose=Experiencer |
| 4 | **head** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

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It carries reserves of oxygen within its feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e3:o1:1
# text = It carries reserves of oxygen within its feathers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	reserves	reserve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | It | reserves of oxygen |  |  |  | within oxygen's feathers | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reserve=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It traverses mountains exclusively at midday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e3:o2:1
# text = It traverses mountains exclusively at midday
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	traverses	traverse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **traverse** | present | It | mountains |  | midday |  | exclusively *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mountain=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is incapable of flight at any altitude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e3:o3:1
# text = It is incapable of flight at any altitude
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	altitude	altitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | incapable |  | any altitude |  | of flight | tree rules |

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

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Its blood transports oxygen with great efficiency, permitting flight over the Himalayas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:183-mountains-of-the-world-snow-leopards-high-flying-geese-condors-and-everest-spiders:e3:o4:1
# text = Its blood transports oxygen with great efficiency, permitting flight over the Himalayas
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	transports	transport	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	permitting	permit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Himalayas	Himalaya	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transport** | present | Its blood | oxygen |  |  |  | with great efficiency | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus oxygen=Experiencer |
| 2 | **permit** | gerund | Its blood *not said here* | flight |  | the Himalayas |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent flight=Theme over himalaya=Location |

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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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