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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Bad news, protests and helping others · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning volunteering. Exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig
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# Exam question 3 · Bad news, protests and helping others

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning volunteering.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» of the adult life 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/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning volunteering.
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	volunteering	volunteering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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* | volunteering |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus volunteering=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The performance of work without remuneration in aid of a good cause

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e3:o1:1
# text = The performance of work without remuneration in aid of a good cause
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** |  |  | work |  | aid of a good cause |  | without remuneration | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient without=obl in=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sale of one's personal possessions for private profit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e3:o2:1
# text = The sale of one's personal possessions for private profit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  | one |  |  |  |  | for private profit | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The performance of work in return for a substantial salary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e3:o3:1
# text = The performance of work in return for a substantial salary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	salary	salary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** |  |  | work |  | return |  | for a substantial salary | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place for=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The obligatory service imposed upon retired persons by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e3:o4:1
# text = The obligatory service imposed upon retired persons by law
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	obligatory	obligatory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	retired	retired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | participle |  | the obligatory service *not said here* |  |  |  | upon retired persons; by law | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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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