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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climber… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the domestic goat. Exam question 3 of lesson 211 «Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can myth

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the domestic goat.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 211 «Sheep and goats: wool, flocks, climbers and the tin-can 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/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the domestic goat.
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	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	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 diet of the domestic goat |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Leaves, twigs and shrubs are preferred, and inedible objects are merely explored with the lips

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:e3:o1:1
# text = Leaves, twigs and shrubs are preferred, and inedible objects are merely explored with the lips
1	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	twigs	twig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	shrubs	shrub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	preferred	preferred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	inedible	inedible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	explored	explore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Leaves and twigs and shrubs |  |  |  |  | preferred *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **explore** | present · passive |  | inedible objects |  |  |  | with the lips; merely *property* | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grass constitutes its exclusive diet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:e3:o2:1
# text = Grass constitutes its exclusive diet
1	Grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | Grass | Grass's exclusive diet |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme diet=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It subsists principally upon meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:e3:o3:1
# text = It subsists principally upon meat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	subsists	subsist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **subsist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | upon meat; principally *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Metallic containers are consumed and digested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth:e3:o4:1
# text = Metallic containers are consumed and digested
1	Metallic	metallic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	containers	container	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	digested	digest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · passive |  | Metallic containers |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **digest** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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