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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a family consisting of one parent and one child. Exam question 4 of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 4 · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a family consisting of one parent and one child.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, family · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, consist · **To what, where:** response, family

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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/515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a family consisting of one parent and one child.
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	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	consisting	consist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	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 |  |  |  | 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 family |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus family=Experiencer |
| 4 | **consist** | gerund | a family *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of one parent and one child | tree rules |

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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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It constitutes a family only temporarily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e4:o1:1
# text = It constitutes a family only temporarily
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	temporarily	temporarily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a family |  |  |  | temporarily *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme family=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It does not constitute a family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e4:o2:1
# text = It does not constitute a family
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	constitute	constitute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **constitute** | present · do-support | It | a family |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme family=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It constitutes a complete family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e4:o3:1
# text = It constitutes a complete family
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a complete family |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme family=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It constitutes a family only with a pet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:e4:o4:1
# text = It constitutes a family only with a pet
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | a family |  |  |  | with a pet | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme family=Pivot |

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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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