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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — How animals talk · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the meowing of the domestic cat. Exam question 3 of lesson 50 «How animals talk» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · How animals talk

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the meowing of the domestic cat.

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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, meowing

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 50 «How animals talk» 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/50-how-animals-talk/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:50-how-animals-talk:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the meowing of the domestic cat.
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	meowing	meowing	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	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	cat	cat	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 meowing of the domestic cat |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus meowing=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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Adult cats seldom meow to one another, meowing chiefly to humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:50-how-animals-talk:e3:o1:1
# text = Adult cats seldom meow to one another, meowing chiefly to humans
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	meow	meow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	meowing	meow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meow** | present | Adult cats |  | one |  |  | seldom *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient |
| 2 | **meow** | gerund | Adult cats *not said here* |  | humans |  |  | chiefly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to human=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The meow is employed exclusively to warn of predators and other dangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:50-how-animals-talk:e3:o2:1
# text = The meow is employed exclusively to warn of predators and other dangers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meow	meow	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	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	predators	predator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | the meow |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of predators and other dangers | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent of predator=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The meow is produced only during sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:50-how-animals-talk:e3:o3:1
# text = The meow is produced only during sleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meow	meow	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	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive |  | the meow |  |  | during sleep |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Adult cats communicate with one another chiefly by means of the meow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:50-how-animals-talk:e3:o4:1
# text = Adult cats communicate with one another chiefly by means of the meow
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	communicate	communicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	fixed	_	_
7	chiefly	chiefly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	meow	meow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | present | Adult cats |  |  |  |  | with one chiefly | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with chiefly=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the meow | 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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