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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the principal cause of death following the impact. Exam question 3 of lesson 76 «The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 3 · The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the principal cause of death following the impact.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, principal cause · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, follow, cause · **To what, where:** response, principal cause, impact, death

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 76 «The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as living dinosaurs» 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/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the principal cause of death following the impact.
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	12	det	_	_
11	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	impact	impact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 principal cause of death |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cause=Experiencer |
| 4 | **follow** | gerund | the principal cause of death *not said here* | the impact |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impact=Theme |
| 5 | **cause** |  |  | death |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event 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 {#o1}

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The direct impact of the asteroid upon every living creature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e3:o1:1
# text = The direct impact of the asteroid upon every living creature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	impact	impact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impact** |  |  | the asteroid |  |  |  | upon every living creature | nom impact «event transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A reversal of the rotation of the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e3:o2:1
# text = A reversal of the rotation of the Earth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reversal	reversal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rotation	rotation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reverse** |  |  | the rotation of the Earth |  |  |  |  | nom reversal «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **rotate** |  | the Earth |  |  |  |  |  | nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The obscuring of sunlight by dust, which cooled the planet and halted plant growth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e3:o3:1
# text = The obscuring of sunlight by dust, which cooled the planet and halted plant growth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	obscuring	obscure	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	compound	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	_
4	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cooled	cool	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	halted	halt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obscure** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cool** | past | the obscuring sunlight by dust | the planet |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent planet=Patient |
| 3 | **halt** | past | the obscuring sunlight by dust *not said here* | plant growth |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector growth=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A worldwide flood which drowned all land animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds:e3:o4:1
# text = A worldwide flood which drowned all land animals
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	worldwide	worldwide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | a worldwide flood | all land animals |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |

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