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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the feeding method of the humpback whale. Exam question 2 of lesson 312 «Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, grey, right and minke» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, gr…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the feeding method of the humpback whale.

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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, feeding method

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 312 «Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, grey, right and minke» 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/312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the feeding method of the humpback whale.
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	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	humpback	humpback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 feeding method of the humpback whale |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus method=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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Individuals feed exclusively upon seaweed attached to rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e2:o1:1
# text = Individuals feed exclusively upon seaweed attached to rocks
1	Individuals	individual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	attached	attach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | Individuals |  |  |  |  | upon seaweed; exclusively *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **attach** | participle |  | seaweed *not said here* |  |  |  | to rocks | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to rock=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Individuals capture seals upon the sea ice by stealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e2:o2:1
# text = Individuals capture seals upon the sea ice by stealth
1	Individuals	individual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	capture	capture	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stealth	stealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** | present | Individuals | seals |  |  |  | upon the sea ice; by stealth | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Individuals pursue prey into rivers far inland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e2:o3:1
# text = Individuals pursue prey into rivers far inland
1	Individuals	individual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | present | Individuals | prey |  | rivers |  | inland *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prey=Theme into river=Trajectory |

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

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Individuals may encircle a shoal with a spiral of bubbles and ascend through its centre

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:312-whales-by-kind-the-baleen-whales-blue-fin-humpback-grey-right-and-minke:e2:o4:1
# text = Individuals may encircle a shoal with a spiral of bubbles and ascend through its centre
1	Individuals	individual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	encircle	encircle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shoal	shoal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spiral	spiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	ascend	ascend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encircle** | may | Individuals | a shoal |  |  |  | with a spiral of bubbles | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent shoal=Destination with spiral=Theme |
| 2 | **ascend** | present | Individuals *not said here* |  |  | spiral's centre |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through centre=Initial\_Location |

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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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