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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Our street: when a guess becomes a rep… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the burglary at Number 27. Exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 3 · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the burglary at Number 27.

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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, burglary, Number

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the burglary at Number 27.
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	burglary	burglary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	27	27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	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* | the burglary |  | Number |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burglary=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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The occupants were found to have left all doors open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e3:o1:1
# text = The occupants were found to have left all doors open
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	xcomp	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | the occupants |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive · perfect | the occupants *not said here* | all doors |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |
| 3 | **open** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The occupants were subsequently fined by the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e3:o2:1
# text = The occupants were subsequently fined by the police
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fined	fine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fine** | past · passive | the police | the occupants |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

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

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Responsibility for the offence rests with the perpetrator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e3:o3:1
# text = Responsibility for the offence rests with the perpetrator
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	perpetrator	perpetrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | present | Responsibility for the offence |  |  |  |  | with the perpetrator | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Responsibility for the offence rests with the occupants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:e3:o4:1
# text = Responsibility for the offence rests with the occupants
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | present | Responsibility for the offence |  |  |  |  | with the occupants | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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