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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Weather, storms and the changing climate · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones. Exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Weather, storms and the changing climate» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 3 · Weather, storms and the changing climate

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Weather, storms and the changing climate» 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/23-weather-storms-and-the-changing-climate/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:23-weather-storms-and-the-changing-climate:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones.
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	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hurricanes	hurricane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	typhoons	typhoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	cyclones	cyclone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	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 |

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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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They constitute a single phenomenon, the tropical cyclone, named variously by ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:23-weather-storms-and-the-changing-climate:e3:o1:1
# text = They constitute a single phenomenon, the tropical cyclone, named variously by ocean
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tropical	tropical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cyclone	cyclone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
12	variously	variously	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | They | a single phenomenon |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme phenomenon=Pivot |
| 2 | **name** | participle |  | the tropical cyclone *not said here* |  |  |  | by ocean; variously *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Typhoons alone possess a calm central eye, which hurricanes and cyclones invariably lack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:23-weather-storms-and-the-changing-climate:e3:o2:1
# text = Typhoons alone possess a calm central eye, which hurricanes and cyclones invariably lack
1	Typhoons	typhoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	possess	possess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
10	hurricanes	hurricane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cyclones	cyclone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	lack	lack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Typhoons | a calm central eye |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot eye=Theme |
| 2 | **lack** | present | hurricanes and cyclones | a calm central eye |  |  |  | invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They constitute three distinct phenomena of differing structure, size and origin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:23-weather-storms-and-the-changing-climate:e3:o3:1
# text = They constitute three distinct phenomena of differing structure, size and origin
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	phenomena	phenomena	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | They | three distinct phenomena |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme phenomena=Pivot |
| 2 | **differ** | gerund | three distinct phenomena *not said here* | structure and size and origin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cyclones are confined exclusively to continental interiors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:23-weather-storms-and-the-changing-climate:e3:o4:1
# text = Cyclones are confined exclusively to continental interiors
1	Cyclones	cyclone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	continental	continental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	interiors	interior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | present · passive |  | Cyclones |  | continental interiors |  | exclusively *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to interior=Destination |

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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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