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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sex of clownfish. Exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore» 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 w
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# Exam question 3 · Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sex of clownfish.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, sex · **To what, where:** response, sex, clownfish

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Coral reefs, rockpools and the seashore» 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/9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sex of clownfish.
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	sex	sex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 sex of clownfish |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sex=Experiencer |
| 4 | **sex** |  |  | clownfish |  |  |  |  | nom sex «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 {#o1}

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Clownfish possess no sex whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:e3:o1:1
# text = Clownfish possess no sex whatsoever
1	Clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	sex	sex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Clownfish | no sex |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sex=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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All clownfish hatch as males, and the largest individual of a group may become female

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:e3:o2:1
# text = All clownfish hatch as males, and the largest individual of a group may become female
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hatch	hatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
16	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present | all clownfish |  |  |  |  | as males | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **become** | may | the largest individual of a group |  |  |  |  | female *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All clownfish hatch as females and remain so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:e3:o3:1
# text = All clownfish hatch as females and remain so
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hatch	hatch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	females	female	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present | all clownfish |  |  |  |  | as females | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **remain** | present | all clownfish *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sex of clownfish is fixed for life at hatching and cannot alter under any circumstances

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore:e3:o4:1
# text = The sex of clownfish is fixed for life at hatching and cannot alter under any circumstances
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sex	sex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hatching	hatching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	alter	alter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present · passive |  | the sex of clownfish |  |  |  | for life at hatching | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for life=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **not** **alter** | can |  |  |  | any circumstances |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **sex** |  |  | clownfish |  |  |  |  | nom sex «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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