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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Our street: who parked where and who w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dog belonging to the Pearsons. Exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Our street: who parked where and who won what» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 3 · Our street: who parked where and who won what

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dog belonging to the Pearsons.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, dog · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, belong · **To what, where:** response, dog

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Our street: who parked where and who won what» 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/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dog belonging to the Pearsons.
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	11	det	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Pearsons	Pearson	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	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 |  |  |  | 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 dog |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer |
| 4 | **belong** | gerund | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Pearsons | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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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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The postman sustained a minor nip to the hand through the letterbox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:e3:o1:1
# text = The postman sustained a minor nip to the hand through the letterbox
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	postman	postman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nip	nip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	letterbox	letterbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | past | the postman | a minor nip |  |  |  | to the hand; through the letterbox | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent nip=Theme through letterbox=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The postman sustained a grave injury to the leg requiring hospital care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:e3:o2:1
# text = The postman sustained a grave injury to the leg requiring hospital care
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	postman	postman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | past | the postman | a grave injury |  |  |  | to the leg | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent injury=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | gerund | the leg *not said here* | hospital care |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme care=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The dog was removed from the household by the authorities forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:e3:o3:1
# text = The dog was removed from the household by the authorities forthwith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	authorities	authority	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past · passive | the household | the dog |  |  |  | by the authorities; forthwith *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Postal deliveries to one side of the road were permanently withdrawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:e3:o4:1
# text = Postal deliveries to one side of the road were permanently withdrawn
1	Postal	postal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	deliveries	delivery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | past · passive |  | Postal deliveries to one side of the road |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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