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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The group chat that turns · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning messages sent privately by electronic means. Exam question 3 of lesson 479 «The group chat that turns» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · The group chat that turns

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning messages sent privately by electronic means.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, electronic · **What happens:** select, establish, send, mean · **To what, where:** response, concerning messages

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 479 «The group chat that turns» 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/479-the-group-chat-that-turns/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning messages sent privately by electronic means.
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	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	privately	privately	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	electronic	electronic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nsubj	_	_
15	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 | **send** | participle |  | concerning messages *not said here* |  |  |  | privately *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** | present | electronic |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 {#o1}

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They are incapable of being copied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:e3:o1:1
# text = They are incapable of being copied
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **copy** | gerund · passive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are automatically destroyed upon reading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:e3:o2:1
# text = They are automatically destroyed upon reading
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | upon reading; automatically *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They are protected from disclosure by law in all cases

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:e3:o3:1
# text = They are protected from disclosure by law in all cases
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present · passive | law | They |  |  |  | in all cases; from disclosure | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary from disclosure=Theme |

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

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They may be copied and disseminated by the recipient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:e3:o4:1
# text = They may be copied and disseminated by the recipient
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	recipient	recipient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | may · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **disseminate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the recipient | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: 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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