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# Exam question 4 · Animal minds: elephants' memory, feelings and the mouse myth

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the behaviour of elephants towards the remains of deceased elephants.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, decease · **To what, where:** response, behaviour

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 236 «Animal minds: elephants' memory, feelings and the mouse 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/236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the behaviour of elephants towards the remains of deceased elephants.
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	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 behaviour of elephants |  |  |  | towards the remains of deceased elephants | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus behaviour=Experiencer |
| 4 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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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They bury every bone they encounter, whether of their own kind or of any other species whatsoever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:e4:o1:1
# text = They bury every bone they encounter, whether of their own kind or of any other species whatsoever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bury	bury	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	encounter	encounter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
18	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | present | They | every bone |  |  |  | of their own kind of any other species | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |
| 2 | **encounter** | present | they | every bone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They touch the bones gently and attend to them more than to the bones of other species

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:e4:o2:1
# text = They touch the bones gently and attend to them more than to the bones of other species
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | present | They | the bones |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bone=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **attend** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  | bones *= bone* |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They consume the bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:e4:o3:1
# text = They consume the bones
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consume	consume	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | They | the bones |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They avoid all bones without distinction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth:e4:o4:1
# text = They avoid all bones without distinction
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | present | They | all bones |  |  |  | without distinction | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Location |

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