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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Native peoples of North America · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Trail of Tears in the 1830s. Exam question 4 of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 4 · Native peoples of North America

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, Trail

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» of the history 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/history/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.
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	Trail	Trail	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	1830s	1830	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 Trail of Tears in the 1830s |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus trail=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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The Cherokee voluntarily emigrated to Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:e4:o1:1
# text = The Cherokee voluntarily emigrated to Europe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cherokee	Cherokee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	voluntarily	voluntarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	emigrated	emigrate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emigrate** | past | the Cherokee |  |  | Europe |  | voluntarily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to europe=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Cherokee were forcibly removed far westward and thousands perished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:e4:o2:1
# text = The Cherokee were forcibly removed far westward and thousands perished
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cherokee	Cherokee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	forcibly	forcibly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	westward	westward	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past · passive |  | the Cherokee |  |  |  | forcibly, westward *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **perish** | participle |  | thousands *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was a trading route of the Inuit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:e4:o3:1
# text = It was a trading route of the Inuit
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	trading	trading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Inuit	Inuit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a trading route |  |  |  | of the Inuit | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was a festival of the Haudenosaunee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:e4:o4:1
# text = It was a festival of the Haudenosaunee
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Haudenosaunee	Haudenosaunee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a festival |  |  |  | of the Haudenosaunee | 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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