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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the phenomenon known as the whale pump. Exam question 3 of lesson 398 «Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dung beetles and the smelliest animals» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 3 · Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dun…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the phenomenon known as the whale pump.

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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, know · **To what, where:** response, phenomenon

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 398 «Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dung beetles and the smelliest animals» 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/398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the phenomenon known as the whale pump.
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	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 phenomenon |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus phenomenon=Experiencer |
| 4 | **know** | participle |  | the phenomenon *not said here* |  |  |  | as the whale pump | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as pump=Attribute |

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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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Whales pump water out of vessels at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:e3:o1:1
# text = Whales pump water out of vessels at sea
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pump	pump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pump** | present | Whales | water |  | vessels |  | at sea | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: agent=Agent water=Theme at sea=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whales consume the minute plants upon which krill depend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:e3:o2:1
# text = Whales consume the minute plants upon which krill depend
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consume	consume	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	krill	krill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	depend	depend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | Whales |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal |
| 2 | **depend** | present | the minute plants upon which krill |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whales expel water through their blowholes in order to irrigate the ocean and to cool its surface waters

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:e3:o3:1
# text = Whales expel water through their blowholes in order to irrigate the ocean and to cool its surface waters
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	expel	expel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	blowholes	blowhole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	fixed	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	irrigate	irrigate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	cool	cool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | present | Whales | water |  | Whales's blowholes |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **irrigate** | to-infinitive | Whales *not said here* | the ocean |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cool** | to-infinitive | Whales *not said here* | ocean's surface waters |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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

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Whales feed at depth and defecate near the surface, supplying nutrients to minute marine plants

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:e3:o4:1
# text = Whales feed at depth and defecate near the surface, supplying nutrients to minute marine plants
1	Whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	defecate	defecate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	supplying	supply	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
12	nutrients	nutrient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	advcl	_	_
15	marine	marine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | Whales |  |  | depth |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **defecate** | present | Whales *not said here* |  |  | the surface |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **supply** | gerund | Whales *not said here* | nutrients |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nutrient=Recipient |

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