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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpbac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Arabian oryx. Exam question 3 of lesson 282 «Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors and the kakapo» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 3 · Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors an…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Arabian oryx.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, Arabian oryx

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 282 «Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors and the kakapo» 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/282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Arabian oryx.
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	12	det	_	_
11	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	oryx	oryx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 Arabian oryx |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus oryx=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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It became wholly extinct in 1972 and has not been seen since

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e3:o1:1
# text = It became wholly extinct in 1972 and has not been seen since
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1972	1972	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	since	since	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | It |  |  |  |  | in 1972 *result*; extinct *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1972=Result |
| 2 | **not** **see** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is confined exclusively to European zoos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e3:o2:1
# text = It is confined exclusively to European zoos
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | present · passive |  | It |  | European zoos |  | exclusively *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to zoo=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It has never been threatened with extinction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e3:o3:1
# text = It has never been threatened with extinction
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	threatened	threaten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **threaten** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with extinction | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It was the first animal to pass from the status of extinct in the wild to that of vulnerable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo:e3:o4:1
# text = It was the first animal to pass from the status of extinct in the wild to that of vulnerable
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	vulnerable	vulnerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the first animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the status of extinct |  | in the wild; to the first animal | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from status=Initial\_Location to that=Destination |

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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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