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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The pet that loves you most · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning measures to secure the return of a lost dog. Exam question 4 of lesson 460 «The pet that loves you most» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 4 · The pet that loves you most

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning measures to secure the return of a lost dog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lost dog · **What happens:** select, establish, secure, lose, return · **To what, where:** response, return

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 460 «The pet that loves you most» 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/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning measures to secure the return of a lost 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	10	amod	_	_
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	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **secure** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the return of a lost dog |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition return=Theme |
| 4 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **return** |  | a lost dog |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Microchipping and a tag bearing a telephone number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e4:o1:1
# text = Microchipping and a tag bearing a telephone number
1	Microchipping	microchipping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tag	tag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | Microchipping and a tag *not said here* | a telephone number |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The purchase of an untagged collar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e4:o2:1
# text = The purchase of an untagged collar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	untagged	untagged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** |  |  | a untagged collar |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Reliance upon the dog's sense of direction alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e4:o3:1
# text = Reliance upon the dog's sense of direction alone
1	Reliance	reliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sense** |  | the dog | direction |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The display of the dog's photograph indoors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e4:o4:1
# text = The display of the dog's photograph indoors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	photograph	photograph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** |  |  | the dog's photograph |  |  |  |  | nom display «communication 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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