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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the recognition of human faces by crows. Exam question 2 of lesson 233 «Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the recognition of human faces by crows.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, recognize · **To what, where:** response, recognition, human faces

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 233 «Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and parrots» 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/233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the recognition of human faces by crows.
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	recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 recognition of human faces |  |  |  | by crows | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus recognition=Experiencer |
| 4 | **recognize** |  |  | human faces |  |  |  |  | nom recognition «state 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 {#o1}

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Crows recognise only the faces of children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:e2:o1:1
# text = Crows recognise only the faces of children
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recognise	recognise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | present | Crows | the faces of children |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Crows recall faces for no longer than a single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:e2:o2:1
# text = Crows recall faces for no longer than a single day
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recall	recall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recall** | present | Crows | faces |  |  |  | long *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Crows recall dangerous faces for years and communicate this to other crows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:e2:o3:1
# text = Crows recall dangerous faces for years and communicate this to other crows
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recall	recall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	communicate	communicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recall** | present | Crows | dangerous faces |  |  | year |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
| 2 | **communicate** | infinitive | Crows *not said here* | this | other crows |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to crow=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crows are incapable of distinguishing one human face from another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots:e2:o4:1
# text = Crows are incapable of distinguishing one human face from another
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	distinguishing	distinguish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Crows |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **distinguish** | gerund | Crows *not said here* | one human face |  |  |  | from another | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent face=Theme from another=Co-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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