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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning communication among animals. Exam question 3 of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 3 · Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories an…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning communication among animals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, communication

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning communication among animals.
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	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	among	among	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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* | communication |  |  |  | among animals | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus communication=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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Domestic cats and mice converse in words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e3:o1:1
# text = Domestic cats and mice converse in words
1	Domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	converse	converse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Parrots compose original sentences in human languages and employ them to describe past events and future intentions

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e3:o2:1
# text = Parrots compose original sentences in human languages and employ them to describe past events and future intentions
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	compose	compose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	past	past	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	intentions	intention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | present | Parrots | original sentences |  | human languages |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Result |
| 2 | **employ** | infinitive | Parrots *not said here* | sentences *= sentence* |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **describe** | to-infinitive | Parrots *not said here* |  |  |  |  | past events and future intentions | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Animals communicate by sounds, smells and movements, but none has been shown to employ a language comparable to human language

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e3:o3:1
# text = Animals communicate by sounds, smells and movements, but none has been shown to employ a language comparable to human language
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	communicate	communicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	smells	smell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	movements	movement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | present | Animals |  |  |  |  | by sounds and smells and movements | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **show** | present · perfect · passive |  | none |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **employ** | to-infinitive |  | a language |  |  |  | to human language; comparable *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Animals possess no means of communication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real:e3:o4:1
# text = Animals possess no means of communication
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Animals |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | no |  |  |  |  | of communication | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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