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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The savanna: grass, trees and the grea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cervical vertebrae of the giraffe. Exam question 3 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 3 · The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cervical vertebrae of the giraffe.

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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, cervical vertebrae

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» 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/4-the-savanna/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cervical vertebrae of the giraffe.
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	12	det	_	_
11	cervical	cervical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	vertebrae	vertebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 cervical vertebrae of the giraffe |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vertebra=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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The giraffe possesses fourteen cervical vertebrae

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e3:o1:1
# text = The giraffe possesses fourteen cervical vertebrae
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	cervical	cervical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vertebrae	vertebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | the giraffe | fourteen cervical vertebrae |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vertebra=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The giraffe possesses approximately fifty cervical vertebrae, owing to the length of its neck

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e3:o2:1
# text = The giraffe possesses approximately fifty cervical vertebrae, owing to the length of its neck
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	cervical	cervical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	vertebrae	vertebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | the giraffe | fifty cervical vertebrae |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vertebra=Theme |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund | the giraffe *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the length of giraffe's neck *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to length=Goal |

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

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The giraffe possesses seven cervical vertebrae, being the same number as a human

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e3:o3:1
# text = The giraffe possesses seven cervical vertebrae, being the same number as a human
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	cervical	cervical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vertebrae	vertebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	human	human	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | the giraffe | seven cervical vertebrae |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vertebra=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | the same number |  |  |  | as a human | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The giraffe possesses a single elongated cervical vertebra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:4-the-savanna:e3:o4:1
# text = The giraffe possesses a single elongated cervical vertebra
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	elongated	elongate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	cervical	cervical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	vertebra	vertebra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | the giraffe | a single elongated cervical vertebra |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot vertebra=Theme |
| 2 | **elongate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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