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title: Select the response consistent with established practice before usin… — Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with established practice before using sports equipment. Exam question 3 of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Exam question 3 · Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes

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Select the response consistent with established practice before using sports equipment.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, use · **To what, where:** response, sports equipment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» 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/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established practice before using sports equipment.
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	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **use** | gerund | you *not said here* | sports equipment |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equipment=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is used without inspection if new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:e3:o1:1
# text = It is used without inspection if new
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	inspection	inspection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | without inspection | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is inspected for cracks, loose parts and broken straps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:e3:o2:1
# text = It is inspected for cracks, loose parts and broken straps
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	inspected	inspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cracks	crack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	straps	strap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inspect** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for cracks and loose parts and broken straps | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for crack=Attribute |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is inspected only once a year, at the start of the season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:e3:o3:1
# text = It is inspected only once a year, at the start of the season
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	inspected	inspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inspect** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | once *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **start** |  |  | the season |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is used even if a strap is broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:e3:o4:1
# text = It is used even if a strap is broken
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	strap	strap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | a strap |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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