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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Sore losers and button-mashers · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning success achieved by random pressing of buttons. Exam question 3 of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 3 · Sore losers and button-mashers

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning success achieved by random pressing of buttons.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning success achieved by random pressing of buttons.
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	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	achieved	achieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	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* | success |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus success=Experiencer |
| 4 | **achieve** | participle |  | success *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **press** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of buttons | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It constitutes a breach of the rules of the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e3:o1:1
# text = It constitutes a breach of the rules of the game
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	breach	breach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a breach of the rules of the game |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme breach=Pivot |
| 2 | **breach** |  |  | the rules of the game |  |  |  |  | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **rule** |  | the game |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It cannot prevail against any opponent whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e3:o2:1
# text = It cannot prevail against any opponent whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	prevail	prevail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	opponent	opponent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **prevail** | can | It |  |  | any opponent |  | whatsoever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against opponent=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It prevails more often than practised skill in all cases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e3:o3:1
# text = It prevails more often than practised skill in all cases
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevails	prevail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	practised	practise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevail** | present | It |  |  | all cases |  | often *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in case=Location |
| 2 | **practise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It may prevail occasionally, whereas practice prevails more often over time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers:e3:o4:1
# text = It may prevail occasionally, whereas practice prevails more often over time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	prevail	prevail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	occasionally	occasionally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	prevails	prevail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevail** | may | It |  |  |  |  | occasionally *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prevail** | present | practice |  |  |  | time | often *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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