--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Evolution: why giraffes really have lo… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purpose or goal of evolution. Exam question 3 of lesson 278 «Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Evolution: why giraffes really have lo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purpose or goal of evolution. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, purpose This is exam question 3 of lesson 278 «Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks» 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/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purpose or goal of evolution. 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 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 evolution evolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 purpose or goal of evolution | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus purpose=Experiencer | 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} Evolution is directed towards flight in all creatures ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e3:o1:1 # text = Evolution is directed towards flight in all creatures 1 Evolution evolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **direct** | present · passive | | Evolution | | all creatures | | towards flight | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: subject=Theme in creature=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Evolution is directed towards ever greater size ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e3:o2:1 # text = Evolution is directed towards ever greater size 1 Evolution evolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **direct** | present · passive | | Evolution | | | | towards greater size | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Evolution is directed towards the production of humans ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e3:o3:1 # text = Evolution is directed towards the production of humans 1 Evolution evolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 production production NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 humans human NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **direct** | present · passive | | Evolution | | | | towards the production of humans | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **produce** | | | humans | | | | | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Evolution possesses no purpose or goal whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks:e3:o4:1 # text = Evolution possesses no purpose or goal whatsoever 1 Evolution evolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | Evolution | no purpose or goal | | | | whatsoever *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot purpose=Theme | **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. 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