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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Training a dog with rewards and patience · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the training of elderly dogs. Exam question 3 of lesson 195 «Training a dog with rewards and patience» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 3 · Training a dog with rewards and patience

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the training of elderly dogs.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, train · **To what, where:** response, training, elderly dogs

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 195 «Training a dog with rewards and patience» 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/195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the training of elderly dogs.
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	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 training of elderly dogs |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus training=Experiencer |
| 4 | **train** |  |  | elderly dogs |  |  |  |  | nom training «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Only tricks acquired in youth may be performed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:e3:o1:1
# text = Only tricks acquired in youth may be performed
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | participle |  | tricks *not said here* |  | youth |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **perform** | may · passive |  | tricks |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Elderly dogs remain capable of learning, and such training benefits them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:e3:o2:1
# text = Elderly dogs remain capable of learning, and such training benefits them
1	Elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	benefits	benefit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | Elderly dogs |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **benefit** | present | such training | dogs *= dog* |  |  |  |  | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Elderly dogs are wholly incapable of learning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:e3:o3:1
# text = Elderly dogs are wholly incapable of learning
1	Elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	incapable	incapable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	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 | Elderly dogs | incapable |  |  |  | of learning; wholly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Training is injurious to dogs exceeding five years of age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:e3:o4:1
# text = Training is injurious to dogs exceeding five years of age
1	Training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	injurious	injurious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Training |  |  |  |  | to dogs; injurious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **exceed** | gerund | dogs *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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