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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the keeping of guinea pigs. Exam question 3 of lesson 201 «Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 3 · Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the keeping of guinea pigs.

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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, keep · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 201 «Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C» 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/201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the keeping of guinea pigs.
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	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **keep** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of guinea pigs | vn keep-15.2 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are solitary and attack all companions placed within their enclosure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:e3:o1:1
# text = They are solitary and attack all companions placed within their enclosure
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	solitary	solitary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	enclosure	enclosure	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 | They |  |  |  |  | solitary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **attack** | infinitive | They *not said here* | all companions |  |  |  | within companions's enclosure | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Patient |
| 3 | **place** | participle |  | all companions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They require no hiding place whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:e3:o2:1
# text = They require no hiding place whatsoever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	hiding	hiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | They | no hiding place |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Precondition |

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

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They are social animals and ought to be kept in the company of at least one other

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:e3:o3:1
# text = They are social animals and ought to be kept in the company of at least one other
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	nmod	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nmod	_	_
17	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | social animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | ought · passive | They *not said here* |  |  | the company of one at least |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: in company=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They thrive in cold and damp garden hutches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:e3:o4:1
# text = They thrive in cold and damp garden hutches
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thrive	thrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hutches	hutch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thrive** | present | They |  |  | cold garden hutches |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hutch=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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