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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the endeavours of the alchemists. Exam question 4 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 4 · Famous discoveries told as stories

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the endeavours of the alchemists.

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the endeavours of the alchemists.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	endeavours	endeavour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	alchemists	alchemist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* | the endeavours of the alchemists |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus endeavour=Experiencer |
| 5 | **endeavour** |  | the alchemists |  |  |  |  |  | nom endeavour «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They failed to transmute lead into gold but devised many laboratory techniques

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e4:o1:1
# text = They failed to transmute lead into gold but devised many laboratory techniques
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	transmute	transmute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	devised	devise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	laboratory	laboratory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	techniques	technique	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **transmute** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | lead |  |  |  | into gold *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent lead=Patient into gold=Result |
| 3 | **devise** | past | They *not said here* | many laboratory techniques |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent technique=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They invented the miners' safety lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e4:o2:1
# text = They invented the miners' safety lamp
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	miners	miner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | They | the miners's safety lamp |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They discovered the structure of DNA

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e4:o3:1
# text = They discovered the structure of DNA
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	DNA	DNA	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | past | They | the structure of DNA |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent structure=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They succeeded in transmuting lead into gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e4:o4:1
# text = They succeeded in transmuting lead into gold
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	transmuting	transmute	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **succeed** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **transmute** | gerund | They *not said here* | lead |  |  |  | into gold *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent lead=Patient into gold=Result |

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