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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Maddie the tomboy · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendship between children of markedly differing temperaments. Exam question 4 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 4 · Maddie the tomboy

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendship between children of markedly differing temperaments.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, differ · **To what, where:** response, friendship

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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/378-maddie-the-tomboy/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendship between children of markedly differing temperaments.
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	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	markedly	markedly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	temperaments	temperament	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	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 |  |  |  | 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* | friendship |  |  |  | between children of differing temperaments | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friendship=Experiencer |
| 4 | **differ** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | markedly *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Such friendships may be close and mutually beneficial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e4:o1:1
# text = Such friendships may be close and mutually beneficial
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	mutually	mutually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | Such friendships |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Such friendships *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mutually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such friendships are invariably short-lived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e4:o2:1
# text = Such friendships are invariably short-lived
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such friendships |  |  |  |  | invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | participle | Such friendships *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Such friendships require both of the parties to change their natures entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e4:o3:1
# text = Such friendships require both of the parties to change their natures entirely
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	natures	nature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Such friendships | both |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme both=Precondition |
| 2 | **change** | to-infinitive | Such friendships *not said here* | friendships's natures |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such friendships are prohibited in schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:e4:o4:1
# text = Such friendships are prohibited in schools
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Such friendships |  | schools |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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