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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Eyes, nose and using the toilet · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning red, sticky and itchy eyes. Exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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 w
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# Exam question 3 · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning red, sticky and itchy eyes.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, red eyes

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning red, sticky and itchy eyes.
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	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	itchy	itchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	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 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | red eyes |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=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 {#o1}

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They indicate that more carrots should be eaten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e3:o1:1
# text = They indicate that more carrots should be eaten
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **eat** | should · passive |  | more carrots |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They are cured by rubbing the eyes firmly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e3:o2:1
# text = They are cured by rubbing the eyes firmly
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	cured	cure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **rub** | gerund |  | the eyes |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They may indicate conjunctivitis, which spreads readily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e3:o3:1
# text = They may indicate conjunctivitis, which spreads readily
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	conjunctivitis	conjunctivitis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spreads	spread	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | may | They | conjunctivitis |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot conjunctivitis=Topic |
| 2 | **spread** | present | conjunctivitis |  |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are a sign of tiredness and require no action

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e3:o4:1
# text = They are a sign of tiredness and require no action
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tiredness	tiredness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | a sign |  |  |  | of tiredness | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | present | They *not said here* | no action |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme action=Precondition |

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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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