--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Fronted adverbials · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sentence «Carefully, carried the eggs». Exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Fronted adverbials](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fronted adverbials Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sentence «Carefully, carried the eggs». **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, carry · **To what, where:** response, sentence, eggs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» of the English 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/english/29-fronted-adverbials/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sentence «Carefully, carried the eggs». 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 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Carefully carefully ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 sentence | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sentence=Experiencer | | 4 | **carry** *in a quote* | past | | the eggs | | | | carefully *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It lacks a subject and is therefore incomplete ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e3:o1:1 # text = It lacks a subject and is therefore incomplete 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lacks lack VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 8 incomplete incomplete ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lack** | present | It | a subject | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | incomplete, therefore *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It contains no adverbial of any kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e3:o2:1 # text = It contains no adverbial of any kind 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 adverbial adverbial NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | It | no adverbial of any kind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot adverbial=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is complete and correctly punctuated ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e3:o3:1 # text = It is complete and correctly punctuated 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 correctly correctly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 punctuated punctuate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | complete *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **punctuate** | participle | | | | | | correctly *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It contains no verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:e3:o4:1 # text = It contains no verb 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | It | no verb | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot verb=Theme | **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. 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