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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning growth plates. Exam question 4 of lesson 359 «Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of a baby» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 4 · Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning growth plates.

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 359 «Bones by name: hips, legs and feet, and the extra bones of a baby» 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/359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning growth plates.
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	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
10	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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They permit the lengthening of bones and close in the late teens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e4:o1:1
# text = They permit the lengthening of bones and close in the late teens
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	permit	permit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	lengthening	lengthen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
6	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	teens	teen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present | They | the lengthening bones |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |
| 2 | **lengthen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **close** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the late teens | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in teen=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are situated solely in the skull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e4:o2:1
# text = They are situated solely in the skull
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **situate** | present · passive |  | They |  | the skull |  | solely *property* | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in skull=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They remain open throughout life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e4:o3:1
# text = They remain open throughout life
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | They |  |  | life |  | open *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme throughout life=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They close at the moment of birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby:e4:o4:1
# text = They close at the moment of birth
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | They |  |  |  | moment |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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