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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The cat that only likes Dad, and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the acceptance of a new household member by a resident dog. Exam question 4 of lesson 457 «The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 4 · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the acceptance of a new household member by a resident dog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, accept · **To what, where:** response, acceptance, new household member

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 457 «The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets» 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/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the acceptance of a new household member by a resident dog.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	resident	resident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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* | the acceptance of a new household member |  |  |  | by a resident dog | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus acceptance=Experiencer |
| 4 | **accept** |  |  | a new household member |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It may require months of patient daily care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:e4:o1:1
# text = It may require months of patient daily care
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	require	require	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	patient	patient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	compound	_	_
7	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | may | It |  |  |  | month |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It occurs immediately in all cases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:e4:o2:1
# text = It occurs immediately in all cases
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	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 | **occur** | present | It |  |  | all cases |  | immediately *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in case=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It can never occur once the dog is adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:e4:o3:1
# text = It can never occur once the dog is adult
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	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **occur** | can | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the dog |  |  |  |  | adult *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It depends solely upon the purchase of gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets:e4:o4:1
# text = It depends solely upon the purchase of gifts
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | It |  |  |  |  | upon the purchase of gifts; solely *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **purchase** |  |  | gifts |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=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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