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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest Mickey Mouse. Exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 3 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest Mickey Mouse.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, earliest Mickey Mouse

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» of the arts 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/arts/35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest Mickey Mouse.
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	13	det	_	_
11	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
12	Mickey	mickey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 earliest Mickey Mouse |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mouse=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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Every version of the character became free for public use in 2024

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e3:o1:1
# text = Every version of the character became free for public use in 2024
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	2024	2024	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | every version of the character |  |  |  |  | in 2024 *result*; for public use; free *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 2024=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No version of the character may ever be used by the public in any form

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e3:o2:1
# text = No version of the character may ever be used by the public in any form
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | may · passive | the public | no version of the character |  | any form | ever |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only post-2024 versions are free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e3:o3:1
# text = Only post-2024 versions are free
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	post-2024	post-2024	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	versions	version	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | post-2024 versions |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Only the 1928 version became free in the US in 2024

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:e3:o4:1
# text = Only the 1928 version became free in the US in 2024
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	1928	1928	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	2024	2024	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the 1928 version |  |  | 2024 |  | in the US *result*; free *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in us=Result |

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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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