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# Exam question 3 · The essay the teacher spotted

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a project asserting a volcanic eruption in London in 1850.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, assert · **To what, where:** response, project, volcanic eruption, London

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» of the AI 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/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a project asserting a volcanic eruption in London in 1850.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	asserting	assert	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	eruption	eruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	1850	1850	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | 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* | a project |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus project=Experiencer |
| 5 | **assert** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a volcanic eruption |  | London |  | in 1850 | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eruption=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The assertion cannot in principle be verified

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e3:o1:1
# text = The assertion cannot in principle be verified
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	principle	principle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **in** | can | the assertion |  |  |  |  | principle *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **verify** | infinitive · passive | the assertion *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The assertion is false and indicates an unverified fabrication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e3:o2:1
# text = The assertion is false and indicates an unverified fabrication
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	unverified	unverified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the assertion |  |  |  |  | false *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **indicate** | present | the assertion *not said here* | a unverified fabrication |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fabrication=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The assertion is true and well documented in the history books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e3:o3:1
# text = The assertion is true and well documented in the history books
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	documented	document	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the assertion |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **document** | participle | the assertion *not said here* |  |  | the history books |  | well *property* | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in book=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The assertion is true save for the date

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted:e3:o4:1
# text = The assertion is true save for the date
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	save	save	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the assertion | true save |  |  |  | for the date | tree rules |

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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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