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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the coloration of the ladybird. Exam question 3 of lesson 219 «Butterflies, moths and ladybirds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 3 · Butterflies, moths and ladybirds

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the coloration of the ladybird.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, coloration

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 219 «Butterflies, moths and ladybirds» 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/219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the coloration of the ladybird.
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	coloration	coloration	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	ladybird	ladybird	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 coloration of the ladybird |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus coloration=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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The bright coloration serves to absorb heat during the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:e3:o1:1
# text = The bright coloration serves to absorb heat during the winter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coloration	coloration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	absorb	absorb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the bright coloration |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **absorb** | to-infinitive | the bright coloration *not said here* | heat |  |  | winter |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal heat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bright coloration serves to attract aphids towards the insect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:e3:o2:1
# text = The bright coloration serves to attract aphids towards the insect
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coloration	coloration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	attract	attract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	aphids	aphid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the bright coloration |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attract** | to-infinitive | the bright coloration *not said here* | aphids |  |  |  | towards the insect | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aphid=Patient |

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

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The bright coloration serves to warn predators of an unpleasant taste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:e3:o3:1
# text = The bright coloration serves to warn predators of an unpleasant taste
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coloration	coloration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the bright coloration |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | the bright coloration *not said here* | predators of a unpleasant taste |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent predator=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bright coloration serves to conceal the insect among berries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds:e3:o4:1
# text = The bright coloration serves to conceal the insect among berries
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coloration	coloration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the bright coloration |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **conceal** | to-infinitive | the bright coloration *not said here* | the insect |  | berries |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent insect=Patient among berry=Location |

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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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