--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The nocturnal house: night animals by… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the slow loris raising its arms when touched. Exam question 3 of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The nocturnal house: night animals by…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The nocturnal house: night animals by red light Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the slow loris raising its arms when touched. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, slow loris · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, raise, touch · **To what, where:** response, slow loris, arms This is exam question 3 of lesson 95 «The nocturnal house: night animals by red light» 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/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the slow loris raising its arms when touched. 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 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 loris loris NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 raising raise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 17 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 slow loris | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loris=Experiencer | | 4 | **raise** | gerund | the slow loris *not said here* | loris's arms | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 5 | **touch** | participle | the slow loris *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} The posture denotes enjoyment of the contact ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e3:o1:1 # text = The posture denotes enjoyment of the contact 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 posture posture NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 enjoyment enjoyment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 contact contact NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | the posture | enjoyment of the contact | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot enjoyment=Topic | | 2 | **enjoy** | | | the contact | | | | | nom enjoyment «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The posture is a request for food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e3:o2:1 # text = The posture is a request for food 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 posture posture NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the posture | a request | | | | for food | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The posture denotes fear and preparation for defence ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e3:o3:1 # text = The posture denotes fear and preparation for defence 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 posture posture NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 preparation preparation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | the posture | fear and preparation | | | | for defence | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot fear=Theme for defence=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} The posture denotes sleepiness ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light:e3:o4:1 # text = The posture denotes sleepiness 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 posture posture NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sleepiness sleepiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | the posture | sleepiness | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sleepiness=Topic | **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. 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