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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The electric meter, the food bank and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the users of food banks. Exam question 2 of lesson 488 «The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 2 · The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the users of food banks.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, users

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 488 «The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»» 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/488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the users of food banks.
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	users	user	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 users of food banks |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus user=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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They are used only during national emergencies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it:e2:o1:1
# text = They are used only during national emergencies
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	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | They |  |  | during national emergencies |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Many families, including working ones, use them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it:e2:o2:1
# text = Many families, including working ones, use them
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	including	including	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | Many families | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their use is restricted to persons of great wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it:e2:o3:1
# text = Their use is restricted to persons of great wealth
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	restricted	restrict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restrict** | present · passive |  | Their use | persons of great wealth |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to person=Goal |
| 2 | **use** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are used solely by persons unwilling to work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it:e2:o4:1
# text = They are used solely by persons unwilling to work
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	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	unwilling	unwill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive | persons | They |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **unwill** | gerund | persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «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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