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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Fossils: how we know about life long ago · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the contribution of Mary Anning. Exam question 2 of lesson 74 «Fossils: how we know about life long ago» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 2 · Fossils: how we know about life long ago

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the contribution of Mary Anning.

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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, contribute · **To what, where:** response, contribution, Mary Anning

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 74 «Fossils: how we know about life long ago» 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/74-fossils-life-long-ago/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the contribution of Mary Anning.
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	contribution	contribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Anning	Anning	PROPN	NNP	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 contribution of Mary Anning |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus contribution=Experiencer |
| 4 | **contribute** |  |  | Mary Anning |  |  |  |  | nom contribution «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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She discovered the first complete ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons known to science

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:e2:o1:1
# text = She discovered the first complete ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons known to science
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
5	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ichthyosaur	ichthyosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	plesiosaur	plesiosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | past | She | the first complete ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ichthyosaur=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | plesiosaur skeletons *not said here* |  |  |  | to science | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She described the frozen mammoth Lyuba in Siberia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:e2:o2:1
# text = She described the frozen mammoth Lyuba in Siberia
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	described	describe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	mammoth	mammoth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	Lyuba	Lyuba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Siberia	Siberia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | past | She | the frozen mammoth |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mammoth=Theme |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She discovered the first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex in North America

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:e2:o3:1
# text = She discovered the first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex in North America
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Tyrannosaurus	Tyrannosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | past | She | the first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex |  | North America |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skeleton=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She founded the first scientific society to admit women

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:74-fossils-life-long-ago:e2:o4:1
# text = She founded the first scientific society to admit women
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	founded	found	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** | past | She | the first scientific society |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent society=Patient |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | women |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme |

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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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