--- title: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts co… — Leaves, fruit and colour in nature · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the colour of human blood. Exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Leaves, fruit and colour in nature» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/28-colour-in-nature/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/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Leaves, fruit and colour in nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/28-colour-in-nature/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Leaves, fruit and colour in nature Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the colour of human blood. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, colour This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Leaves, fruit and colour in nature» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/28-colour-in-nature/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:28-colour-in-nature:e3:1 # text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the colour of human blood. 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 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . 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 | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the response | | | | | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the colour of human blood | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus colour=Experiencer | 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} It is blue whilst within the veins ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:28-colour-in-nature:e3:o1:1 # text = It is blue whilst within the veins 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 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 within within ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 veins vein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | whilst the veins; blue *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is colourless within the body ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:28-colour-in-nature:e3:o2:1 # text = It is colourless within the body 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 colourless colourless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 within within ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | within the body; colourless *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is invariably red, varying only in shade ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:28-colour-in-nature:e3:o3:1 # text = It is invariably red, varying only in shade 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 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 varying vary VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | invariably, red *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **vary** | gerund | | shade | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer shade=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It becomes red only upon contact with air ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:28-colour-in-nature:e3:o4:1 # text = It becomes red only upon contact with air 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 contact contact NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | red contact with air | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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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