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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Languages and peoples on the map · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number of languages presently spoken. Exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Languages and peoples on the map» 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 · Languages and peoples on the map

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number of languages presently spoken.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, speak · **To what, where:** response, number, languages · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Languages and peoples on the map» 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/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number of languages presently spoken.
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	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	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* | the number of languages |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=Experiencer |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  | languages *not said here* |  |  |  | presently *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately seven hundred thousand, of which none whatsoever is endangered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e3:o1:1
# text = Approximately seven hundred thousand, of which none whatsoever is endangered
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	appos	_	_
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | whatsoever |  |  |  |  | endangered *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Exactly one per sovereign state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e3:o2:1
# text = Exactly one per sovereign state
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	per	per	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately seventy, all of which are secure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e3:o3:1
# text = Approximately seventy, all of which are secure
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	secure	secure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all |  |  |  |  | secure *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Approximately seven thousand, of which nearly one half are endangered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e3:o4:1
# text = Approximately seven thousand, of which nearly one half are endangered
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | one half |  |  |  |  | endangered *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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