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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — White storks: Ukraine's favourite bird… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the incubation of eggs by the white stork. Exam question 2 of lesson 375 «White storks: Ukraine's favourite birds and their journey to Africa» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · White storks: Ukraine's favourite birds and their journey…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the incubation of eggs by the white stork.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, eggs · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, incubate · **To what, where:** response, incubation

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 375 «White storks: Ukraine's favourite birds and their journey to Africa» 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/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the incubation of eggs by the white stork.
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	incubation	incubation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	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 incubation of eggs |  |  |  | by the white stork | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus incubation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **incubate** |  | eggs |  |  |  |  |  | nom incubation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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The female alone incubates the eggs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:e2:o1:1
# text = The female alone incubates the eggs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	incubates	incubate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incubate** | present | the female | the eggs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The eggs are left to be warmed by the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:e2:o2:1
# text = The eggs are left to be warmed by the sun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	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	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	warmed	warm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | the eggs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **warm** | to-infinitive · passive | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The eggs are incubated by sparrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:e2:o3:1
# text = The eggs are incubated by sparrows
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	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	incubated	incubate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incubate** | present · passive | sparrows | the eggs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Both parents incubate the eggs in turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa:e2:o4:1
# text = Both parents incubate the eggs in turn
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	incubate	incubate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incubate** | present | both parents | the eggs |  | turn |  |  | 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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