--- title: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts co… — Fish, frogs and reptiles · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the skeleton of a shark. Exam question 4 of lesson 74 «Fish, frogs and reptiles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/e4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Fish, frogs and reptiles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fish, frogs and reptiles Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the skeleton of a shark. **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, skeleton This is exam question 4 of lesson 74 «Fish, frogs and reptiles» of the world 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/world/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:e4:1 # text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the skeleton of a shark. 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 skeleton skeleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 shark shark 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 skeleton of a shark | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus skeleton=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 composed of solid bone throughout ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:e4:o1:1 # text = It is composed of solid bone throughout 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 throughout throughout PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | present · passive | | It | | | | of solid bone | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} A shark possesses no skeleton whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:e4:o2:1 # text = A shark possesses no skeleton whatsoever 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 skeleton skeleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | a shark | no skeleton | | | | whatsoever *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot skeleton=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is composed of cartilage, not bone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:e4:o3:1 # text = It is composed of cartilage, not bone 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 cartilage cartilage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | present · passive | | It | | | | of cartilage and bone | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is composed of hollow bone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:74-fish-frogs-reptiles:e4:o4:1 # text = It is composed of hollow bone 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | present · passive | | It | | | | of hollow bone | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | **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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