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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Why living things die, and the circle… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the annual sunflower. Exam question 3 of lesson 53 «Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 3 · Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the annual sunflower.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, annual sunflower

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 53 «Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the annual sunflower.
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	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sunflower	sunflower	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 annual sunflower |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sunflower=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It completes its natural life cycle within a single growing season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:e3:o1:1
# text = It completes its natural life cycle within a single growing season
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	completes	complete	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complete** | present | It | its natural life cycle |  |  | season |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cycle=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It hibernates throughout the winter and flowers again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:e3:o2:1
# text = It hibernates throughout the winter and flowers again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hibernates	hibernate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hibernate** | present | It |  |  |  | again; winter |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It dies solely in consequence of excessive watering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:e3:o3:1
# text = It dies solely in consequence of excessive watering
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	watering	watering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | It |  |  |  |  | in consequence of excessive watering; solely *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in consequence=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It persists indefinitely unless damaged or neglected by its owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:e3:o4:1
# text = It persists indefinitely unless damaged or neglected by its owner
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persists	persist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persist** | present | It |  |  |  |  | indefinitely *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **damage** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **neglect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by its owner | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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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