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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Garden burials, wild animals and a new… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning predation by the domestic cat. Exam question 3 of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning predation by the domestic cat.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» 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/57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning predation by the domestic cat.
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	predation	predation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* | predation |  |  |  | by the domestic cat | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus predation=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is learnt exclusively from observation of humans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e3:o1:1
# text = It is learnt exclusively from observation of humans
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	aux:pass	_	_
3	learnt	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · passive |  | It |  | observation of humans |  | exclusively *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Topic from observation=Source |
| 2 | **observe** |  |  | humans |  |  |  |  | nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It constitutes a deliberate act of malice against its owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e3:o2:1
# text = It constitutes a deliberate act of malice against its owner
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	malice	malice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	against	against	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	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a deliberate act of malice |  |  |  | against malice's owner | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme act=Pivot |
| 2 | **act** |  | malice |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It proceeds from instinct and not from moral wickedness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e3:o3:1
# text = It proceeds from instinct and not from moral wickedness
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	instinct	instinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	moral	moral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | It |  |  | instinct and moral wickedness |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a symptom of illness requiring treatment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e3:o4:1
# text = It is a symptom of illness requiring treatment
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	symptom	symptom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a symptom |  |  |  | of illness | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | gerund | a symptom *not said here* | treatment |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme treatment=Precondition |

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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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