--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The tiger: the biggest and strongest c… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the present population of wild tigers. Exam question 4 of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/19-the-tiger/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The tiger: the biggest and strongest c…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/19-the-tiger/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and c… Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the present population of wild tigers. **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, present population This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «The tiger: the biggest and strongest cat, a solitary and cunning hunter» 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/19-the-tiger/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:e4:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the present population of wild tigers. 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 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 present population of wild tigers | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus population=Experiencer | 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} Approximately five thousand five hundred, the majority in India ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:e4:o1:1 # text = Approximately five thousand five hundred, the majority in India 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Approximately fifty-five, all in captivity ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:e4:o2:1 # text = Approximately fifty-five, all in captivity 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Several million, distributed across Africa ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:e4:o3:1 # text = Several million, distributed across Africa 1 Several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 distributed distribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **distribute** | participle · passive | | Several million | | Africa | | | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} None whatsoever, the species having been wholly extinct in the wild for a century ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:19-the-tiger:e4:o4:1 # text = None whatsoever, the species having been wholly extinct in the wild for a century 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 6 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 8 wholly wholly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 extinct extinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | century | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | participle | | | | the wild | | extinct, wholly *property* | tree rules | **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. 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