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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of whales. Exam question 1 of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 1 · The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of whales.

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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, classify · **To what, where:** response, classification, whales

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 298 «The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals» 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/298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e1:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of whales.
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	classification	classification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	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 classification of whales |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classification=Experiencer |
| 4 | **classify** |  |  | whales |  |  |  |  | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Whales are amphibians capable of residence on land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e1:o1:1
# text = Whales are amphibians capable of residence on land
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	amphibians	amphibian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Whales | amphibians |  | land |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whales are fish, by reason of their fins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e1:o2:1
# text = Whales are fish, by reason of their fins
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fins	fin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Whales | fish and reason of Whales's fins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whales are reptiles inhabiting the ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e1:o3:1
# text = Whales are reptiles inhabiting the ocean
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	inhabiting	inhabit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Whales | reptiles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **inhabit** | gerund | reptiles *not said here* | the ocean |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Whales are mammals, which respire air and nourish their young with milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals:e1:o4:1
# text = Whales are mammals, which respire air and nourish their young with milk
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	respire	respire	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nourish	nourish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Whales | mammals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **respire** | present | mammals | air |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **nourish** | present | mammals *not said here* | Whales's young |  |  |  | with milk | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent young=Patient with milk=Instrument |

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