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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the whale shark. Exam question 3 of lesson 91 «The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays» 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 · The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the whale shark.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, whale shark

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 91 «The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays» 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/91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the whale shark.
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	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shark	shark	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 whale shark |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shark=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is the largest fish and subsists upon plankton and small fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:e3:o1:1
# text = It is the largest fish and subsists upon plankton and small fish
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	subsists	subsist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	plankton	plankton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the largest fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **subsist** | present |  |  |  |  |  | upon plankton and small fish | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a mammal that respires by means of lungs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:e3:o2:1
# text = It is a mammal that respires by means of lungs
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	mammal	mammal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	respires	respire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 mammal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **respire** | present | a mammal |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | a mammal |  |  |  |  | of lungs | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a modest fish of under two metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:e3:o3:1
# text = It is a modest fish of under two metres
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	modest	modest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a modest fish |  |  |  | of two metres | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a whale which hunts other sharks throughout the open oceans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays:e3:o4:1
# text = It is a whale which hunts other sharks throughout the open oceans
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	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a whale |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | a whale | other sharks |  | the open oceans |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shark=Theme throughout ocean=Location |

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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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