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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the budgerigar. Exam question 4 of lesson 205 «Budgies and canaries» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Budgies and canaries

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the budgerigar.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, diet

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 205 «Budgies and canaries» 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/205-budgies-and-canaries/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the budgerigar.
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	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	budgerigar	budgerigar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 diet of the budgerigar |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus diet=Experiencer |

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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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Budgerigars require no food whatsoever when kept indoors in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:e4:o1:1
# text = Budgerigars require no food whatsoever when kept indoors in winter
1	Budgerigars	budgerigar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Budgerigars | no food |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Precondition |
| 2 | **keep** | participle | Budgerigars *not said here* |  |  |  | winter | indoors *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Meat ought to be supplied daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:e4:o2:1
# text = Meat ought to be supplied daily
1	Meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | ought · passive |  | Meat |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A diet consisting solely of seeds is ideal for the health of the bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:e4:o3:1
# text = A diet consisting solely of seeds is ideal for the health of the bird
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	consisting	consist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	ideal	ideal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | gerund | a diet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of seeds; solely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a diet |  |  |  |  | for the health of the bird; ideal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Seeds alone are insufficient, and vegetables and pellets are also required

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:205-budgies-and-canaries:e4:o4:1
# text = Seeds alone are insufficient, and vegetables and pellets are also required
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Seeds |  |  |  |  | insufficient *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | present · passive |  | vegetables and pellets |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

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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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