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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Birds of prey and owls · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the designation «bald eagle». Exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Exam question 4 · Birds of prey and owls

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the designation «bald eagle».

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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, designation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» 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/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the designation «bald eagle».
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	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 designation |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus designation=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 denotes the absence of feathers upon the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:e4:o1:1
# text = It denotes the absence of feathers upon the head
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | the absence of feathers |  |  |  | upon the head | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | feathers |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It denotes baldness acquired in old age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:e4:o2:1
# text = It denotes baldness acquired in old age
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	baldness	baldness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | baldness |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot baldness=Topic |
| 2 | **acquire** | participle |  | baldness *not said here* |  |  | in old age |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It refers to the eagle's bare feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:e4:o3:1
# text = It refers to the eagle's bare feet
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refers	refer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the eagle's bare feet | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to foot=Co-Theme |

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

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It derives from an archaic word signifying white

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:34-birds-of-prey-and-owls:e4:o4:1
# text = It derives from an archaic word signifying white
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	archaic	archaic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It |  |  | a archaic word |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from word=Material |
| 2 | **signify** | gerund | a archaic word *not said here* | white |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot white=Theme |

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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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