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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, slee… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the observation made by Alexander Fleming in the year 1928. Exam question 4 of lesson 72 «Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, sleep, food and exercise» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 4 · Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, sleep, food and exercise

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the observation made by Alexander Fleming in the year 1928.

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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, make · **To what, where:** response, observation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 72 «Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, sleep, food and exercise» 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/72-staying-healthy/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the observation made by Alexander Fleming in the year 1928.
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	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Alexander	Alexander	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl:agent	_	_
15	Fleming	Fleming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	1928	1928	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 observation |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus observation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **make** | participle |  | the observation *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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 washing of hands had reduced deaths among mothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:e4:o1:1
# text = The washing of hands had reduced deaths among mothers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	deaths	death	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | past · perfect · passive |  | the washing of hands |  |  |  | among mothers | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient NP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: subject=Patient death=Extent |
| 2 | **wash** |  |  | hands |  |  |  |  | nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A Penicillium mould had destroyed the bacteria around it upon a culture dish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:e4:o2:1
# text = A Penicillium mould had destroyed the bacteria around it upon a culture dish
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Penicillium	penicillium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past · perfect | a Penicillium mould | the bacteria |  | bacteria |  | upon a culture dish | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bacteria=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Citrus fruit had prevented scurvy among sailors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:e4:o3:1
# text = Citrus fruit had prevented scurvy among sailors
1	Citrus	citrus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	scurvy	scurvy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | past · perfect · passive |  | Citrus fruit |  |  |  | among sailors | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cowpox had conferred protection against smallpox among those who milked cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:e4:o4:1
# text = Cowpox had conferred protection against smallpox among those who milked cows
1	Cowpox	cowpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	parataxis	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	milked	milk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | past · perfect · passive |  | Cowpox |  |  |  | against smallpox | tree rules |
| 2 | **milk** | past |  | cows |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source |

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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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