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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Dolphins, porpoises and seals · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the distinction between sea lions and true seals. Exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Dolphins, porpoises and seals» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 4 · Dolphins, porpoises and seals

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the distinction between sea lions and true seals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, distinction

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Dolphins, porpoises and seals» 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/27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the distinction between sea lions and true seals.
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	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	between	between	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 distinction |  |  |  | between sea lions and true seals | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus distinction=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sea lions possess external ears and can walk upon their flippers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:e4:o1:1
# text = Sea lions possess external ears and can walk upon their flippers
1	Sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	external	external	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	flippers	flipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Sea lions | external ears |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ear=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | can | Sea lions *not said here* |  |  | lions's flippers |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon flipper=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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True seals possess external ears and are able to walk upright upon land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:e4:o2:1
# text = True seals possess external ears and are able to walk upright upon land
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	external	external	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	upright	upright	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | True seals | external ears |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ear=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | True seals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | True seals *not said here* |  |  | land |  | upright *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon land=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The two are in every respect identical

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:e4:o3:1
# text = The two are in every respect identical
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the two |  |  | every respect |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sea lions lack external ears entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals:e4:o4:1
# text = Sea lions lack external ears entirely
1	Sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lack	lack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	external	external	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | present | Sea lions | external ears |  |  |  | entirely *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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