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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the navigation of the loggerhead turtle. Exam question 2 of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 2 · Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bee…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the navigation of the loggerhead turtle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, navigate · **To what, where:** response, navigation, loggerhead turtle

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» 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/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the navigation of the loggerhead turtle.
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	navigation	navigation	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	loggerhead	loggerhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	turtle	turtle	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 navigation of the loggerhead turtle |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus navigation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **navigate** |  |  | the loggerhead turtle |  |  |  |  | nom navigation «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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It follows a trail of floating vegetation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:e2:o1:1
# text = It follows a trail of floating vegetation
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | It | a trail of floating vegetation |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme |
| 2 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is guided by its mother throughout the voyage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:e2:o2:1
# text = It is guided by its mother throughout the voyage
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	guided	guide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guide** | present · passive | its mother | It |  | the voyage |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme throughout voyage=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It navigates solely by the position of the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:e2:o3:1
# text = It navigates solely by the position of the Moon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	navigates	navigate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **navigate** | present | It |  |  |  |  | by the position of the Moon; solely *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It appears to recall the magnetic characteristics of its natal beach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:e2:o4:1
# text = It appears to recall the magnetic characteristics of its natal beach
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	recall	recall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	natal	natal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **recall** | to-infinitive |  | the magnetic characteristics of its natal beach |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme |

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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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