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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, r… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the location of a person buried beneath snow. Exam question 4 of lesson 196 «Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 4 · Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the location of a person buried beneath snow.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, bury · **To what, where:** response, location, person, snow

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 196 «Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs» 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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the location of a person buried beneath snow.
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	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 location of a person |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus location=Experiencer |
| 4 | **bury** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  | snow |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beneath snow=Destination |

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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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Herding dogs are exclusively employed for this purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e4:o1:1
# text = Herding dogs are exclusively employed for this purpose
1	Herding	herd	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **herd** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **employ** | present · passive |  | Herding dogs |  |  |  | for this purpose; exclusively *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for purpose=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Dogs are unable to detect scent through snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e4:o2:1
# text = Dogs are unable to detect scent through snow
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	detect	detect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dogs |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **detect** | to-infinitive | Dogs *not said here* | scent |  | snow |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer scent=Stimulus |

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

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A trained rescue dog may detect the person by scent more rapidly than a line of searchers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e4:o3:1
# text = A trained rescue dog may detect the person by scent more rapidly than a line of searchers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	detect	detect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
12	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	searchers	searcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **detect** | may | a trained rescue dog | the person |  |  |  | by scent; rapidly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only a line of searchers using sight alone can locate such a person beneath the snow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e4:o4:1
# text = Only a line of searchers using sight alone can locate such a person beneath the snow
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	searchers	searcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	locate	locate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	13	det:predet	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | searchers *not said here* | sight |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Patient |
| 2 | **locate** | can | a line of searchers | such person |  |  |  | beneath the snow | 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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