--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The United States · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the official language of the United States. Exam question 4 of lesson 9 «The United States» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/9-the-united-states/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [The United States](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/9-the-united-states/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The United States Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the official language of the United States. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, official language This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «The United States» 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/9-the-united-states/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:e4:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the official language of the United States. 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 12 det _ _ 11 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 official language of the United States | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus language=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} Spanish was so designated in 1565 ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:e4:o1:1 # text = Spanish was so designated in 1565 1 Spanish Spanish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1565 1565 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **designate** | past · passive | | Spanish | | 1565 | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} English was so designated by Congress in 1776 ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:e4:o2:1 # text = English was so designated by Congress in 1776 1 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Congress Congress PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1776 1776 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **designate** | past · passive | Congress | English | | 1776 | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} English was so designated by presidential order in 2025 ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:e4:o3:1 # text = English was so designated by presidential order in 2025 1 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 presidential presidential ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 2025 2025 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **designate** | past · passive | presidential order | English | | 2025 | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} No language has ever been so designated ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:e4:o4:1 # text = No language has ever been so designated 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **designate** | present · perfect · passive | | no language | | | ever | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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. 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