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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nutrition of carnivorous plants. Exam question 2 of lesson 254 «Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 2 · Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nutrition of carnivorous plants.

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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, nutrify · **To what, where:** response, nutrition, carnivorous plants

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 254 «Plants deeper: carnivorous plants that count, slip and suck» 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/254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the nutrition of carnivorous plants.
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	nutrition	nutrition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	carnivorous	carnivorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 nutrition of carnivorous plants |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nutrition=Experiencer |
| 4 | **nutrify** |  |  | carnivorous plants |  |  |  |  | nom nutrition «process 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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They obtain their food solely from the mud of bogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:e2:o1:1
# text = They obtain their food solely from the mud of bogs
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bogs	bog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present | They | their food |  | the mud of bogs |  | solely *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from mud=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They derive all of their food exclusively from captured insects, being unable to make any themselves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:e2:o2:1
# text = They derive all of their food exclusively from captured insects, being unable to make any themselves
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
13	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	obj	_	_
17	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | They | all |  |  |  | from captured insects | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent all=Result from insect=Material |
| 2 | **capture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | any |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset any=Beneficiary themselves=Product |

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

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They manufacture their principal food by photosynthesis and derive additional nutrients from captured insects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:e2:o3:1
# text = They manufacture their principal food by photosynthesis and derive additional nutrients from captured insects
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	manufacture	manufacture	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	photosynthesis	photosynthesis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	nutrients	nutrient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manufacture** | present | They | their principal food |  |  |  | by photosynthesis | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Result |
| 2 | **derive** | present | They *not said here* | additional nutrients |  |  |  | from captured insects | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent nutrient=Result from insect=Material |
| 3 | **capture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are incapable of photosynthesis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:254-plants-deeper-carnivorous-plants-that-count-slip-and-suck:e2:o4:1
# text = They are incapable of photosynthesis
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	photosynthesis	photosynthesis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of photosynthesis; incapable *property* | tree rules |

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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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