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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Deserts · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the surface of the Sahara. Exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Deserts» of the geography 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 3 · Deserts

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the surface of the Sahara.

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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 · **To what, where:** response, surface

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Deserts» of the geography 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/geography/18-deserts/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the surface of the Sahara.
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	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	NNP	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 surface of the Sahara |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus surface=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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About one quarter of the Sahara is covered by sand dunes, the remainder being chiefly rock and gravel

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:e3:o1:1
# text = About one quarter of the Sahara is covered by sand dunes, the remainder being chiefly rock and gravel
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	dunes	dune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
16	chiefly	chiefly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	gravel	gravel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present · passive |  | one quarter of the Sahara |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund | the remainder | chiefly rock and gravel |  |  |  | by sand dunes | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Sahara consists principally of permanent lakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:e3:o2:1
# text = The Sahara consists principally of permanent lakes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | the Sahara |  |  |  |  | of permanent lakes; principally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Sahara consists principally of grassland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:e3:o3:1
# text = The Sahara consists principally of grassland
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grassland	grassland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | the Sahara |  |  |  |  | of grassland; principally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Sahara is covered in its entirety by sand dunes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:18-deserts:e3:o4:1
# text = The Sahara is covered in its entirety by sand dunes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	entirety	entirety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	dunes	dune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present · passive | sand dunes | the Sahara |  |  |  | in Sahara's entirety | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Destination in entirety=Theme |

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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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