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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The elephant house: herds, feet, food… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reaction of elephants to mice. Exam question 2 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 2 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reaction of elephants to mice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, elephants · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, react · **To what, where:** response, reaction

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reaction of elephants to mice.
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	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 reaction of elephants to mice |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reaction=Experiencer |
| 4 | **react** |  | elephants to mice |  |  |  |  |  | nom reaction «process intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Elephants experience acute terror in the presence of mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e2:o1:1
# text = Elephants experience acute terror in the presence of mice
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	experience	experience	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	acute	acute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | present | Elephants | acute terror |  | the presence of mice |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer terror=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Elephants regularly prey upon mice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e2:o2:1
# text = Elephants regularly prey upon mice
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	regularly	regularly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mice are known to enter the trunk and suffocate elephants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e2:o3:1
# text = Mice are known to enter the trunk and suffocate elephants
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	suffocate	suffocate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · passive |  | Mice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive |  | the trunk |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme trunk=Destination |
| 3 | **suffocate** | present |  | elephants |  |  |  |  | vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent elephant=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Elephants may be startled by sudden movement near their feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth:e2:o4:1
# text = Elephants may be startled by sudden movement near their feet
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	startled	startle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **startle** | may · passive | sudden movement | Elephants |  | Elephants's feet |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

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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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