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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Pet care, food and responsibility · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the heating of reptiles kept as pets. Exam question 3 of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Pet care, food and responsibility

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the heating of reptiles kept as pets.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, reptiles · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, keep, heat · **To what, where:** response, heating, reptiles

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» of the everyday 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/everyday/205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the heating of reptiles kept as pets.
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	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 heating of reptiles |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus heating=Experiencer |
| 4 | **keep** | participle |  | reptiles *not said here* |  |  |  | as pets | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **heat** |  | reptiles |  |  |  |  |  | nom heating «process intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Reptiles generate abundant heat and require cooling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e3:o1:1
# text = Reptiles generate abundant heat and require cooling
1	Reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	generate	generate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	abundant	abundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	cooling	cooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **generate** | present | Reptiles | abundant heat |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |
| 2 | **require** | present | Reptiles *not said here* | cooling |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cooling=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Reptiles require warmth only during the summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e3:o2:1
# text = Reptiles require warmth only during the summer
1	Reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Reptiles | warmth |  |  | summer |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme warmth=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Reptiles may be kept at any temperature whatever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e3:o3:1
# text = Reptiles may be kept at any temperature whatever
1	Reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | may · passive |  | Reptiles |  | any temperature |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme whatever=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Reptiles cannot generate their own body heat and require a lamp or mat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e3:o4:1
# text = Reptiles cannot generate their own body heat and require a lamp or mat
1	Reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	generate	generate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	mat	mat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **generate** | can | Reptiles | Reptiles's own body heat |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |
| 2 | **require** | present | Reptiles *not said here* | a lamp or mat |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lamp=Precondition |
| 3 | **heat** |  | Reptiles *= reptile* |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=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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