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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — When the police come · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who was present and amused during the theft of a bicycle. Exam question 4 of lesson 384 «When the police come» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 4 · When the police come

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who was present and amused during the theft of a bicycle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, child · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, be · **To what, where:** response, child

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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/384-when-the-police-come/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who was present and amused during the theft of a bicycle.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	amused	amused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	during	during	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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* | a child |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | past | a child |  |  |  | during the theft of a bicycle | present *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  | a child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The child is thereby rendered criminally liable irrespective of age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:e4:o1:1
# text = The child is thereby rendered criminally liable irrespective of age
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	criminally	criminally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present · passive |  | the child |  |  | of age | irrespective, liable, thereby *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme of age=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the adult guardian may be questioned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:e4:o2:1
# text = Only the adult guardian may be questioned
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	guardian	guardian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	questioned	question	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **question** *speech: other* | may · passive |  | the adult guardian |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Presence without participation is beyond the interest of the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:e4:o3:1
# text = Presence without participation is beyond the interest of the police
1	Presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	without	without	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Presence without participation |  |  |  |  | beyond the interest; of the police | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Presence and encouragement may result in the child being questioned by the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:e4:o4:1
# text = Presence and encouragement may result in the child being questioned by the police
1	Presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	encouragement	encouragement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	result	result	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	questioned	question	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **result** | may | Presence and encouragement |  |  |  |  | in the child | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in child=Location |
| 2 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund · passive | the police | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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