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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Starting a band · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the early performances of the Beatles. Exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Starting a band» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · Starting a band

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the early performances of the Beatles.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, perform · **To what, where:** response, early performances, Beatles

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Starting a band» 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/4-starting-a-band/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the early performances of the Beatles.
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	12	det	_	_
11	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	performances	performance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Beatles	Beatles	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	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 early performances of the Beatles |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus performance=Experiencer |
| 4 | **perform** |  |  | the Beatles |  |  |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The group commenced its career at the Eurovision Song Contest before performing in any club

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e3:o1:1
# text = The group commenced its career at the Eurovision Song Contest before performing in any club
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	commenced	commence	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	career	career	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	Song	Song	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Contest	Contest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	performing	perform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commence** | past | the group | group's career |  | the Eurovision Song Contest |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent career=Eventuality |
| 2 | **perform** | gerund | the group *not said here* |  |  | any club |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The group performed exclusively its own compositions from the outset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e3:o2:1
# text = The group performed exclusively its own compositions from the outset
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	performed	perform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	compositions	composition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	outset	outset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past | the group | group's own compositions |  | the outset |  | exclusively *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composition=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The group performed numerous songs by other composers in clubs in Hamburg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e3:o3:1
# text = The group performed numerous songs by other composers in clubs in Hamburg
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	performed	perform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	composers	composer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	clubs	club	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Hamburg	Hamburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past | the group | numerous songs |  | clubs in Hamburg |  | by other composers | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The group declined to perform in any club whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e3:o4:1
# text = The group declined to perform in any club whatsoever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | past | the group |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **perform** | to-infinitive | the group *not said here* |  |  | any club |  | whatsoever *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: 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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