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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the reception of Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift. Exam question 4 of lesson 42 «Plate tectonics» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 4 · Plate tectonics

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the reception of Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, receive · **To what, where:** response, reception, hypothesis

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 42 «Plate tectonics» 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/42-plate-tectonics/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:42-plate-tectonics:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the reception of Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift.
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	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	reception	reception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	Wegener	Wegener	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	hypothesis	hypothesis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	continental	continental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	drift	drift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the reception of Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reception=Experiencer |
| 5 | **receive** |  |  | Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift |  |  |  |  | nom reception «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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It was proposed in 1912 and largely rejected until the evidence of the 1960s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:42-plate-tectonics:e4:o1:1
# text = It was proposed in 1912 and largely rejected until the evidence of the 1960s
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1912	1912	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	largely	largely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	until	until	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	1960s	1960s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past · passive |  | It |  | 1912 |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **reject** | participle |  |  |  |  | until the evidence of the 1960s | largely *property* | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **evidence** |  |  | the 1960s |  |  |  |  | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was proposed in the 1960s and accepted immediately by every geologist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:42-plate-tectonics:e4:o2:1
# text = It was proposed in the 1960s and accepted immediately by every geologist
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	1960s	1960s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	geologist	geologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past · passive |  | It |  | the 1960s |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **accept** | past |  |  |  |  |  | by every geologist; immediately *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was universally accepted upon its publication in 1912

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:42-plate-tectonics:e4:o3:1
# text = It was universally accepted upon its publication in 1912
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	universally	universally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	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	publication	publication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1912	1912	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past · passive |  | It |  | 1912 |  | upon its publication; universally *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **publish** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom publication «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was refuted conclusively and has since been abandoned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:42-plate-tectonics:e4:o4:1
# text = It was refuted conclusively and has since been abandoned
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	refuted	refute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	since	since	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refute** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | conclusively *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **abandon** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  | since *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location» |

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