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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cap… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the production of milk by cattle. Exam question 4 of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 4 · Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the production of milk by cattle.

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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, produce · **To what, where:** response, production, milk

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 209 «Cows: cud, milk, burps and the red cape myth» 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/209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the production of milk by cattle.
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	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 production of milk |  |  |  | by cattle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus production=Experiencer |
| 4 | **produce** |  |  | milk |  |  |  |  | nom production «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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Milk is produced from birth irrespective of calving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e4:o1:1
# text = Milk is produced from birth irrespective of calving
1	Milk	milk	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	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	calving	calve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive |  | Milk |  | birth |  | irrespective *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from birth=Material |
| 2 | **calve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Milk is produced by females following the birth of a calf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e4:o2:1
# text = Milk is produced by females following the birth of a calf
1	Milk	milk	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	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive | females | Milk |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | females *not said here* | the birth of a calf |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Milk is produced by bulls and cows alike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e4:o3:1
# text = Milk is produced by bulls and cows alike
1	Milk	milk	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	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	alike	alike	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive | bulls and cows | Milk |  |  |  | alike *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Milk is produced solely by calves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:209-cows-cud-milk-burps-and-the-red-cape-myth:e4:o4:1
# text = Milk is produced solely by calves
1	Milk	milk	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	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive | calves | Milk |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

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