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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Pranks: harmless fun or real harm? · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hoax calls to emergency numbers. Exam question 3 of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Exam question 3 · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hoax calls to emergency numbers.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» of the everyday 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/everyday/204-pranks/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hoax calls to emergency numbers.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
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	parataxis	_	_
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	hoax	hoax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 occupy help needed by persons in real danger and are unlawful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:e3:o1:1
# text = They occupy help needed by persons in real danger and are unlawful
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occupy	occupy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | present | They | help |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus help=Experiencer |
| 2 | **need** | participle |  | help *not said here* |  |  |  | by persons in real danger | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unlawful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are permitted for persons under sixteen years of age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:e3:o2:1
# text = They are permitted for persons under sixteen years of age
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | They |  |  | year | for persons | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are harmless provided that the caller hangs up the telephone promptly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:e3:o3:1
# text = They are harmless provided that the caller hangs up the telephone promptly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	promptly	promptly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **hang up** | present | the caller | the telephone |  |  |  | promptly *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telephone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are lawful if made only once by the same person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:204-pranks:e3:o4:1
# text = They are lawful if made only once by the same person
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | lawful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the same person; once *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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