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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the majority of bear species. Exam question 2 of lesson 320 «Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 2 · Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bea…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the majority of bear species.

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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, diet

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 320 «Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety» 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/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of the majority of bear species.
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	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	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 diet of the majority of bear species |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus diet=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 consists exclusively of honey and the larvae of bees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:e2:o1:1
# text = It consists exclusively of honey and the larvae of bees
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	larvae	larva	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of honey and the larvae of bees; exclusively *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It consists predominantly of the flesh of large mammals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:e2:o2:1
# text = It consists predominantly of the flesh of large mammals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	predominantly	predominantly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of the flesh of large mammals; predominantly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It consists exclusively of fish taken during migration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:e2:o3:1
# text = It consists exclusively of fish taken during migration
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	migration	migration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of fish; exclusively *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | participle |  | fish *not said here* |  |  | during migration |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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It consists predominantly of plant matter, the polar bear being the principal exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety:e2:o4:1
# text = It consists predominantly of plant matter, the polar bear being the principal exception
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	predominantly	predominantly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of plant matter and the principal exception; predominantly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund | the polar bear | the principal exception |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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