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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the difference between plant and animal cells. Exam question 2 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the difference between plant and animal cells.

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 256 «The microscopic world: cells, the building blocks of life» 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/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the difference between plant and animal cells.
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	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	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 difference |  |  |  | between plant and animal cells | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus difference=Experiencer |

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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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Plant and animal cells are in all respects identical, differing only in their colour and in their size

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e2:o1:1
# text = Plant and animal cells are in all respects identical, differing only in their colour and in their size
1	Plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
8	respects	respect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Plant cells |  |  | all |  | identical, respect *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **differ** | gerund | Plant cells *not said here* | cells's colour and cells's size |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Animal cells possess a rigid wall, whereas plant cells possess none at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e2:o2:1
# text = Animal cells possess a rigid wall, whereas plant cells possess none at all
1	Animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rigid	rigid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Animal cells | a rigid wall |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wall=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | present | plant cells | none |  | all |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot none=Theme |

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

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Plant cells possess a rigid cell wall, whereas animal cells are bounded solely by a membrane

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e2:o3:1
# text = Plant cells possess a rigid cell wall, whereas animal cells are bounded solely by a membrane
1	Plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	rigid	rigid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	bounded	bound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	membrane	membrane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Plant cells | a rigid cell wall |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wall=Theme |
| 2 | **bound** | present · passive | a membrane | animal cells |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only animal cells contain a nucleus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life:e2:o4:1
# text = Only animal cells contain a nucleus
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nucleus	nucleus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | animal cells | a nucleus |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nucleus=Theme |

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