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title: Ascertain the conclusion consistent with the established facts where… — Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins» · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the conclusion consistent with the established facts where a novice is defeated by a participant of several thousand hours' experience. Exam question 4 of lesson 408 «Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 4 · Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»

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Ascertain the conclusion consistent with the established facts where a novice is defeated by a participant of several thousand hours' experience.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, participant, several thousand hours · **What happens:** ascertain, establish, defeat, experience · **To what, where:** conclusion, novice

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 408 «Smurfs, cheaters and «infinite coins»» 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/408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the conclusion consistent with the established facts where a novice is defeated by a participant of several thousand hours' experience.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conclusion	conclusion	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	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	novice	novice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	participant	participant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
18	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	experience	experience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	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 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conclusion |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **defeat** | present · passive | a participant of several thousand hours's experience | a novice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **experience** |  | several thousand hours |  |  |  |  |  | nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The defeat affords no reliable measure of the novice's ability

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e4:o1:1
# text = The defeat affords no reliable measure of the novice's ability
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	affords	afford	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	novice	novice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afford** | present | the defeat | no reliable measure of the novice's ability |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **measure** |  |  | the novice's ability |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The defeat proves that the opponent employed a hack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e4:o2:1
# text = The defeat proves that the opponent employed a hack
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	opponent	opponent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hack	hack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | the defeat |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | past | the opponent | a hack |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hack=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The defeat establishes that the novice lacks all ability

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e4:o3:1
# text = The defeat establishes that the novice lacks all ability
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	establishes	establish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	novice	novice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lacks	lack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present | the defeat |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lack** | present | the novice | all ability |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The defeat obliges the novice to cease playing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks:e4:o4:1
# text = The defeat obliges the novice to cease playing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	novice	novice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present | the defeat | the novice |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent novice=Patient |
| 2 | **cease** | to-infinitive | the defeat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **play** | gerund | the defeat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: 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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