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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of clay by wild macaws. Exam question 4 of lesson 206 «Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 4 · Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of clay by wild macaws.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, consume · **To what, where:** response, consumption, clay

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 206 «Parrots: talkers, nutcrackers and long lives» 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/206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of clay by wild macaws.
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	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	macaws	macaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 consumption of clay |  |  |  | by wild macaws | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer |
| 4 | **consume** |  |  | clay |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «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 {#o1}

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Clay is mistaken by the birds for fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e4:o1:1
# text = Clay is mistaken by the birds for fruit
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	mistaken	mistake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mistake** | present · passive | the birds | Clay |  |  |  | for fruit | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Clay is consumed solely to sharpen the beak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e4:o2:1
# text = Clay is consumed solely to sharpen the beak
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sharpen	sharpen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · passive |  | Clay |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **sharpen** | to-infinitive |  | the beak |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent beak=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Macaws do not consume clay under any circumstances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e4:o3:1
# text = Macaws do not consume clay under any circumstances
1	Macaws	macaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **consume** | present · do-support | Macaws | clay |  | any circumstances |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clay=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Clay may supply salt and counteract harsh chemicals in certain seeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:206-parrots-talkers-nutcrackers-and-long-lives:e4:o4:1
# text = Clay may supply salt and counteract harsh chemicals in certain seeds
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	supply	supply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	counteract	counteract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | may | Clay | salt |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Recipient |
| 2 | **counteract** | infinitive | Clay *not said here* | harsh chemicals |  | certain seeds |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chemical=Patient |

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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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