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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Electric senses: electric eels, sharks… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the foraging of the platypus beneath the water. Exam question 2 of lesson 231 «Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill and charged bees» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the foraging of the platypus beneath the water.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, platypus · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, forage · **To what, where:** response, foraging

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 231 «Electric senses: electric eels, sharks, the platypus bill and charged bees» 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/231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the foraging of the platypus beneath the water.
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	foraging	foraging	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	platypus	platypus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	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 foraging of the platypus beneath the water |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus foraging=Experiencer |
| 4 | **forage** |  | the platypus beneath the water |  |  |  |  |  | nom foraging «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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It locates prey solely by its sense of smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:e2:o1:1
# text = It locates prey solely by its sense of smell
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	locates	locate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **locate** | present | It | prey |  |  |  | by prey's sense of smell; solely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sense** |  | prey | smell |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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

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It locates prey by means of electric and tactile receptors in its bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:e2:o2:1
# text = It locates prey by means of electric and tactile receptors in its bill
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	locates	locate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tactile	tactile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	receptors	receptor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **locate** | present | It | prey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of electric receptors in prey's bill | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bill** |  | prey |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It detects prey by echolocation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:e2:o3:1
# text = It detects prey by echolocation
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	detects	detect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	echolocation	echolocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detect** | present | It | prey |  |  |  | by echolocation | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer prey=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It relies principally upon acute underwater vision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees:e2:o4:1
# text = It relies principally upon acute underwater vision
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relies	rely	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	_	7	case	_	_
5	acute	acute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	underwater	underwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** | present | It |  |  |  |  | upon acute underwater vision; principally *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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