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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spots of the seven-spot ladybird. Exam question 3 of lesson 306 «Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases and six legs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 3 · Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spots of the seven-spot ladybird.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, spots

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 306 «Beetles: the biggest group of animals on Earth, wing cases and six legs» 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/306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spots of the seven-spot ladybird.
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	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	ladybird	ladybird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	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 spots of the spot ladybird |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus spot=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The number of spots indicates the species and does not alter with age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:e3:o1:1
# text = The number of spots indicates the species and does not alter with age
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	alter	alter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | the number of spots | the species |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot species=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **alter** | present · do-support | the number of spots *not said here* |  |  |  | with age |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with age=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The number of spots decreases as the insect ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:e3:o2:1
# text = The number of spots decreases as the insect ages
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	decreases	decrease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decrease** | present | the number of spots |  |  |  | as the insect ages |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The number of spots indicates the number of eggs laid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:e3:o3:1
# text = The number of spots indicates the number of eggs laid
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | the number of spots | the number of eggs |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot number=Topic |
| 2 | **lay** | participle |  | eggs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The number of spots increases by one with each year of life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:306-beetles-the-biggest-group-of-animals-on-earth-wing-cases-and-six-legs:e3:o4:1
# text = The number of spots increases by one with each year of life
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	increases	increase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | the number of spots |  |  |  | year | by one | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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