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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Flowers and pollination · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the head of the sunflower. Exam question 3 of lesson 58 «Flowers and pollination» 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 · Flowers and pollination

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the head of the sunflower.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, head

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 58 «Flowers and pollination» 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/58-flowers-and-pollination/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the head of the sunflower.
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	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sunflower	sunflower	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 head of the sunflower |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus head=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 {#o1}

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It contains no seeds whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e3:o1:1
# text = It contains no seeds whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | no seeds |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot seed=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is composed of leaves arranged in spirals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e3:o2:1
# text = It is composed of leaves arranged in spirals
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	spirals	spiral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | of leaves | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **arrange** | participle |  | leaves *not said here* |  | spirals |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in spiral=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It comprises hundreds of small flowers, each producing a single seed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e3:o3:1
# text = It comprises hundreds of small flowers, each producing a single seed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	producing	produce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comprise** | present | It | hundreds of small flowers |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hundred=Pivot |
| 2 | **produce** | gerund | each | a single seed |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It constitutes a single flower bearing one large seed at its centre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:58-flowers-and-pollination:e3:o4:1
# text = It constitutes a single flower bearing one large seed at its centre
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a single flower |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flower=Pivot |
| 2 | **bear** | gerund | a single flower *not said here* | one large seed |  | seed's centre |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

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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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