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title: Select the response consistent with the data concerning the meaning… — Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the data concerning the meaning of the Vor word "selral". Exam question 4 of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» of the English 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 4 · Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages

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Select the response consistent with the data concerning the meaning of the Vor word "selral".

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, data · **What happens:** select, concern, mean · **To what, where:** response, meaning, Vor word

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» 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/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the data concerning the meaning of the Vor word "selral".
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	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Vor	Vor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	selral	selral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **concern** | gerund | the data *not said here* | the meaning of the Vor word |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus meaning=Experiencer |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the Vor word |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «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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It denotes the colour green

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e4:o1:1
# text = It denotes the colour green
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | the colour green |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot green=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It denotes the absence of colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e4:o2:1
# text = It denotes the absence of colour
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | the absence of colour |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | colour |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The data do not establish its meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e4:o3:1
# text = The data do not establish its meaning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **establish** | present · do-support | the data | data's meaning |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** |  | data |  |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It denotes purple beyond all doubt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:e4:o4:1
# text = It denotes purple beyond all doubt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | beyond all doubt; purple *property* | 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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