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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — From field to plate: wheat, flour and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Irish famine of the 1840s. Exam question 3 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology 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 · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Irish famine of the 1840s.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, Irish famine

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology 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/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Irish famine of the 1840s.
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	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	famine	famine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	1840s	1840	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	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 Irish famine of the 1840s |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus famine=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A disease of the potato, the staple food of the poor, resulted in approximately one million deaths

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e3:o1:1
# text = A disease of the potato, the staple food of the poor, resulted in approximately one million deaths
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	staple	staple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	resulted	result	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	compound	_	_
18	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	deaths	death	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **result** | participle |  | a disease of the potato and the staple food of the poor *not said here* |  | million deaths |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in death=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The famine was occasioned by a shortage of rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e3:o2:1
# text = The famine was occasioned by a shortage of rice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	famine	famine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shortage	shortage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | past · passive | a shortage of rice | the famine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An excess of wheat caused widespread illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e3:o3:1
# text = An excess of wheat caused widespread illness
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	widespread	widespread	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | a excess of wheat | widespread illness |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition illness=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No loss of life was recorded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e3:o4:1
# text = No loss of life was recorded
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | past · passive |  | no loss of life |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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