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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vul… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the kinship of falcons. Exam question 2 of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the kinship of falcons.

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 324 «Falcons, hawks, kites, ospreys and vultures» 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/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the kinship of falcons.
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	kinship	kinship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	falcons	falcon	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 kinship of falcons |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kinship=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Genetic evidence indicates that falcons are more closely related to parrots and songbirds than to hawks

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e2:o1:1
# text = Genetic evidence indicates that falcons are more closely related to parrots and songbirds than to hawks
1	Genetic	genetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	falcons	falcon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	songbirds	songbird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	hawks	hawk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | Genetic evidence |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | falcons |  |  |  |  | to parrots and songbirds; than hawks; closely, related *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No relationship between falcons and other birds can be determined

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e2:o2:1
# text = No relationship between falcons and other birds can be determined
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	falcons	falcon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | can · passive |  | no relationship between falcons and other birds |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Genetic evidence indicates that falcons descend from owls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e2:o3:1
# text = Genetic evidence indicates that falcons descend from owls
1	Genetic	genetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
5	falcons	falcon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	descend	descend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | Genetic evidence |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **descend** | present | falcons | that |  | owls |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Genetic evidence indicates that falcons are the juvenile form of hawks, which they come to resemble with age

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures:e2:o4:1
# text = Genetic evidence indicates that falcons are the juvenile form of hawks, which they come to resemble with age
1	Genetic	genetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	falcons	falcon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hawks	hawk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	resemble	resemble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | Genetic evidence |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | present | falcons | the juvenile form |  |  |  | of hawks | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | present | hawks |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **resemble** | to-infinitive | hawks *not said here* |  |  |  | with age |  | 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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