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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Pigs: mud, snouts and brains · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouration of domestic pigs and their ancestry. Exam question 4 of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 4 · Pigs: mud, snouts and brains

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouration of domestic pigs and their ancestry.

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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 · **To what, where:** response, colouration

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 210 «Pigs: mud, snouts and brains» 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/210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouration of domestic pigs and their ancestry.
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	colouration	colouration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	ancestry	ancestry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	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 colouration of domestic pigs and pigs's ancestry |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus colouration=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 {#o1}

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All pigs are pink, as were their ancestors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e4:o1:1
# text = All pigs are pink, as were their ancestors
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all pigs |  |  |  |  | pink *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | as pigs's ancestors | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Pigs descend from the hippopotamus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e4:o2:1
# text = Pigs descend from the hippopotamus
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	descend	descend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hippopotamus	hippopotamus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | present | Pigs |  |  | the hippopotamus |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hippopotamus=Location |

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

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Pigs may be pink, black, spotted, ginger or hairy, and descend from the hairy brown wild boar

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e4:o3:1
# text = Pigs may be pink, black, spotted, ginger or hairy, and descend from the hairy brown wild boar
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	descend	descend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
19	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | Pigs |  |  |  |  | pink *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Pigs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 4 | **be** |  | Pigs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **descend** | present | Pigs *not said here* |  |  | the hairy brown wild boar |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from boar=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pigs are invariably black in the wild state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains:e4:o4:1
# text = Pigs are invariably black in the wild state
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pigs |  |  | the wild state |  | black, invariably *property* | 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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