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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the chytrid fungus. Exam question 2 of lesson 89 «The amphibian room: poison frogs, axolotls and the frog rescue» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 2 · The amphibian room: poison frogs, axolotls and the frog re…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the chytrid fungus.

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 89 «The amphibian room: poison frogs, axolotls and the frog rescue» 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/89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the chytrid fungus.
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	chytrid	chytrid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	fungus	fungus	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 chytrid fungus |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fungus=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is beneficial to frogs and improves their breathing through the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:e2:o1:1
# text = It is beneficial to frogs and improves their breathing through the skin
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	improves	improve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	breathing	breathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to frogs; beneficial *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **improve** | present |  | frogs's breathing |  | the skin |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breathing=Patient |
| 3 | **breathe** |  | frogs *= frog* |  |  |  |  |  | nom breathing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is transmitted to frogs by human warts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:e2:o2:1
# text = It is transmitted to frogs by human warts
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	warts	wart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transmit** | present · passive | human warts | It | frogs |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to frog=Destination |

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

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It attacks frog skin and was spread partly by people moving frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:e2:o3:1
# text = It attacks frog skin and was spread partly by people moving frogs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	attacks	attack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | present | It | frog skin |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |
| 2 | **spread** | past · passive | people |  |  |  |  | partly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | people *not said here* | frogs |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme frog=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It affects only frogs maintained in zoos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:89-amphibian-room-poison-frogs-axolotls-frog-rescue:e2:o4:1
# text = It affects only frogs maintained in zoos
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	affects	affect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	zoos	zoo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | present | It | frogs |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus frog=Experiencer |
| 2 | **maintain** | participle |  | frogs *not said here* |  | zoos |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent |

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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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