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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number of sets of teeth acquired by a human being. Exam question 4 of lesson 351 «Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 4 · Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number of sets of teeth acquired by a human being.

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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, acquire · **To what, where:** response, number, sets

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 351 «Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth» 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/351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number of sets of teeth acquired by a human being.
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	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sets	set	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
17	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
20	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 number of sets of teeth |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=Experiencer |
| 4 | **acquire** | participle |  | sets of teeth *not said here* |  |  |  | human *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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A single set is retained throughout life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:e4:o1:1
# text = A single set is retained throughout life
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | present · passive |  | a single set |  |  | throughout life |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Six successive sets of molars are acquired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:e4:o2:1
# text = Six successive sets of molars are acquired
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sets	set	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	molars	molar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	acquired	acquire	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 | **acquire** | present · passive |  | Six successive sets of molars |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A new set is acquired at intervals of ten years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:e4:o3:1
# text = A new set is acquired at intervals of ten years
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	intervals	interval	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | present · passive |  | a new set |  | intervals of ten years |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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Two sets are acquired in the course of a lifetime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:e4:o4:1
# text = Two sets are acquired in the course of a lifetime
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sets	set	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | present · passive |  | Two sets |  | the course of a lifetime |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=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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