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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the designation of fossil fuels as non-renewable. Exam question 3 of lesson 59 «Coal, oil and gas» 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 · Coal, oil and gas

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the designation of fossil fuels as non-renewable.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, designate · **To what, where:** response, designation, fossil fuels

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 59 «Coal, oil and gas» 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/59-coal-oil-and-gas/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the designation of fossil fuels as non-renewable.
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	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	fossil	fossil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	fuels	fuel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	non-renewable	non-renewable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 designation of fossil fuels |  |  |  | as non-renewable | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus designation=Experiencer |
| 5 | **designate** |  |  | fossil fuels |  |  |  |  | nom designation «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 {#o1}

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Their supply is unlimited in perpetuity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:e3:o1:1
# text = Their supply is unlimited in perpetuity
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Their supply |  |  | perpetuity |  | unlimited *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They may lawfully be employed but once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:e3:o2:1
# text = They may lawfully be employed but once
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | may · passive |  | They |  |  |  | lawfully *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Their formation required millions of years whereas their consumption occupies centuries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:e3:o3:1
# text = Their formation required millions of years whereas their consumption occupies centuries
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	occupies	occupy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | participle | Their formation *not said here* | millions of years |  |  |  | whereas millions's consumption | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme million=Precondition |
| 2 | **occupy** | present | Their formation |  |  |  | century |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **consume** |  | millions *= million* |  |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are restored in full on an annual basis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:59-coal-oil-and-gas:e3:o4:1
# text = They are restored in full on an annual basis
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	basis	basis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | present · passive |  | They |  | full |  | on a annual basis | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=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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