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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Charts, number ones and famous musicia… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the participation of states in the Eurovision Song Contest. Exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the participation of states in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, states · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, participate · **To what, where:** response, participation

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» 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/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the participation of states in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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	participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Song	Song	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	Contest	Contest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 participation of states in the Song Contest |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus participation=Experiencer |
| 4 | **participate** |  | states in the Song Contest |  |  |  |  |  | nom participation «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Participation is confined to the victor of the preceding contest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e2:o1:1
# text = Participation is confined to the victor of the preceding contest
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	victor	victor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	preceding	precede	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | present · passive |  | Participation |  | the victor of the preceding contest |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to victor=Destination |
| 2 | **precede** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Participation is confined exclusively to member states of the European Union

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e2:o2:1
# text = Participation is confined exclusively to member states of the European Union
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	European	European	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | present · passive |  | Participation |  | member states of the European Union |  | exclusively *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to state=Destination |

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

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Certain states outside Europe, including Australia, are admitted as participants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e2:o3:1
# text = Certain states outside Europe, including Australia, are admitted as participants
1	Certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	including	including	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	admitted	admit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	participants	participant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | Certain states outside Europe and Australia |  |  |  | as participants | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Participation is confined to states in which English is spoken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e2:o4:1
# text = Participation is confined to states in which English is spoken
1	Participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | present · passive |  | Participation |  | states |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to state=Destination |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | English |  | states |  |  | 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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