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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spots of the ladybird. Exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird» 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 · Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spots of the ladybird.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, spots

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird» 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/48-life-cycles-metamorphosis/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spots of the ladybird.
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	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ladybird	ladybird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 spots of the ladybird |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus spot=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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One spot is acquired upon each anniversary of the hatching of the insect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e3:o1:1
# text = One spot is acquired upon each anniversary of the hatching of the insect
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hatching	hatching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | present · passive |  | One spot |  |  |  | upon each anniversary of the hatching of the insect | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **hatch** |  | the insect |  |  |  |  |  | nom hatching «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The number of spots marks the species and does not vary with age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e3:o2:1
# text = The number of spots marks the species and does not vary with age
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	vary	vary	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | the number of spots | the species |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent species=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **vary** | present · do-support | the number of spots *not said here* |  |  |  | with age |  | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme with age=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The spots are lost progressively as the insect ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e3:o3:1
# text = The spots are lost progressively as the insect ages
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spots	spot	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	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	progressively	progressively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | the spots |  |  | as the insect ages | progressively *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The number of spots indicates the quantity of aphids consumed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:48-life-cycles-metamorphosis:e3:o4:1
# text = The number of spots indicates the quantity of aphids consumed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	aphids	aphid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | the number of spots | the quantity of aphids |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot quantity=Topic |
| 2 | **consume** | participle |  | the quantity of aphids *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: 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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