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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the requirements of rabbits. Exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Caring for pets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Exam question 3 · Caring for pets

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the requirements of rabbits.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Caring for pets» 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/27-caring-for-pets/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the requirements of rabbits.
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	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | 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 requirements of rabbits |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus requirement=Experiencer |
| 5 | **require** |  |  | rabbits |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rabbits require abundant hay, room in which to hop and, usually, another rabbit as company

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:e3:o1:1
# text = Rabbits require abundant hay, room in which to hop and, usually, another rabbit as company
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	abundant	abundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	hop	hop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Rabbits | abundant hay and room |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hay=Precondition |
| 2 | **hop** | to-infinitive | Rabbits *not said here* |  |  | room |  | as company | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rabbits require no fresh water if given vegetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:e3:o2:1
# text = Rabbits require no fresh water if given vegetables
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Rabbits | no fresh water |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Precondition |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rabbits require only pellets and a small cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:e3:o3:1
# text = Rabbits require only pellets and a small cage
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Rabbits | pellets and a small cage |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pellet=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rabbits prefer to live alone without company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:e3:o4:1
# text = Rabbits prefer to live alone without company
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | Rabbits |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rabbits *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without company; alone *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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