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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Friends who get it · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the definition of a family. Exam question 4 of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Friends who get it

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the definition of a family.

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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, define · **To what, where:** response, definition, family

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 525 «Friends who get 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/525-friends-who-get-it/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the definition of a family.
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	definition	definition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 definition of a family |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus definition=Experiencer |
| 4 | **define** |  |  | a family |  |  |  |  | nom definition «communication 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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The persons who care for and love the child, in whatever form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e4:o1:1
# text = The persons who care for and love the child, in whatever form
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
7	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
13	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | the persons |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **love** | present | the persons | the child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Exclusively a mother and a father residing together in one house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e4:o2:1
# text = Exclusively a mother and a father residing together in one house
1	Exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	residing	reside	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | gerund | a father *not said here* |  |  | one house |  | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Exclusively persons related by birth and never by any court order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e4:o3:1
# text = Exclusively persons related by birth and never by any court order
1	Exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	related	relate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relate** | participle |  | persons and any court order *not said here* |  |  |  | by birth | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Exclusively persons sharing a common surname and place of birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:e4:o4:1
# text = Exclusively persons sharing a common surname and place of birth
1	Exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | gerund | persons | a common surname and place of birth |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | tree rules |

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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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