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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The big cats house: lions and tigers u… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the white tiger. Exam question 2 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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
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# Exam question 2 · The big cats house: lions and tigers up close

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the white tiger.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, white tiger

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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/81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the white tiger.
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	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 white tiger |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tiger=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 is the offspring of a tiger and a snow leopard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:e2:o1:1
# text = It is the offspring of a tiger and a snow leopard
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	offspring	offspring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the offspring and a snow leopard |  |  |  | of a tiger | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It constitutes a distinct species native to Arctic regions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:e2:o2:1
# text = It constitutes a distinct species native to Arctic regions
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	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a distinct species |  |  |  | native *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme species=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It is a tiger whose coat has faded with advanced age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:e2:o3:1
# text = It is a tiger whose coat has faded with advanced age
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	faded	fade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	advanced	advanced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a tiger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fade** | present · perfect · passive |  | coat |  |  | with advanced age |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with age=Instrument |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is a Bengal tiger bearing a rare gene that renders the fur pale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:81-big-cats-house-lions-and-tigers:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a Bengal tiger bearing a rare gene that renders the fur pale
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Bengal	Bengal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gene	gene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Bengal tiger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | gerund | a Bengal tiger *not said here* | a rare gene |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gene=Patient |
| 3 | **render** | present | a rare gene | the fur |  |  |  | pale *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=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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