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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Boasting cousins and made-up holidays · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, having frequently invented stories, subsequently relates a true one. Exam question 2 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 2 · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, having frequently invented stories, subsequently relates a true one.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, child · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, have, invent, relate · **To what, where:** response, child, invented stories, true one

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, having frequently invented stories, subsequently relates a true one.
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	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	csubj	_	_
15	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	relates	relate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 | **have** | gerund |  | invented stories |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient |
| 5 | **invent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **relate** | present | a child | a true one |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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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 true account is liable to be disbelieved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e2:o1:1
# text = The true account is liable to be disbelieved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	liable	liable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	disbelieved	disbelieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the true account |  |  |  |  | liable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **disbelieve** | to-infinitive · passive | the true account *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The true account is believed more readily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e2:o2:1
# text = The true account is believed more readily
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · passive |  | the true account |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The true account becomes false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e2:o3:1
# text = The true account becomes false
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the true account |  |  |  |  | false *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Previous inventions enhance the credibility of the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays:e2:o4:1
# text = Previous inventions enhance the credibility of the child
1	Previous	previous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	inventions	invention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enhance	enhance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	credibility	credibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enhance** | present | Previous inventions | the credibility of the child |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent credibility=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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