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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Insects as food in other countries · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouring agent carmine. Exam question 2 of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 2 · Insects as food in other countries

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouring agent carmine.

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**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, agent carmine

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» 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/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the colouring agent carmine.
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	13	det	_	_
11	colouring	colouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	carmine	carmine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 agent carmine |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus carmine=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 {#o1}

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It is derived from red clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e2:o1:1
# text = It is derived from red clay
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	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present · passive |  | It |  | red clay |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from clay=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a synthetic colour unrelated to any animal, manufactured from coal tar in laboratories

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e2:o2:1
# text = It is a synthetic colour unrelated to any animal, manufactured from coal tar in laboratories
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	synthetic	synthetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a synthetic colour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **manufacture** | participle |  | a synthetic colour *not said here* |  | coal tar |  | in laboratories | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from tar=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is extracted from tomato skins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e2:o3:1
# text = It is extracted from tomato skins
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	extracted	extract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	tomato	tomato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extract** | present · passive |  | It |  | tomato skins |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from skin=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is obtained from crushed cochineal insects and employed in confectionery and cosmetics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:e2:o4:1
# text = It is obtained from crushed cochineal insects and employed in confectionery and cosmetics
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	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	crushed	crush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	cochineal	cochineal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	cosmetics	cosmetic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | from crushed cochineal insects | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from insect=Source |
| 2 | **crush** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  |  |  | confectionery and cosmetics |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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