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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vision of the mantis shrimp. Exam question 3 of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 3 · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vision of the mantis shrimp.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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/44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vision of the mantis shrimp.
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	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	mantis	mantis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	shrimp	shrimp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	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 vision of the mantis shrimp |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vision=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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Despite its many light sensors, it distinguishes close colours less well than humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e3:o1:1
# text = Despite its many light sensors, it distinguishes close colours less well than humans
1	Despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distinguish** | present | it | close colours |  |  |  | despite its many light sensors; well *property* | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute colour=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is entirely without the capacity for colour vision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e3:o2:1
# text = It is entirely without the capacity for colour vision
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | without the capacity; for colour vision; entirely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It possesses precisely the same three types of colour sensor as humans, and no more

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e3:o3:1
# text = It possesses precisely the same three types of colour sensor as humans, and no more
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	types	type	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sensor	sensor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | It | the same three types of colour sensor as humans |  |  |  | precisely *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot type=Theme |
| 2 | **type** |  |  | colour sensor as humans |  |  |  |  | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It perceives a far greater number of colours than any other animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:44-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp:e3:o4:1
# text = It perceives a far greater number of colours than any other animal
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perceives	perceive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | present | It | a greater number of colours than any other animal |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus |

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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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