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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Slavery and its abolition · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the abolition of slavery throughout the United States. Exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Slavery and its abolition» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 4 · Slavery and its abolition

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the abolition of slavery throughout the United States.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, abolish · **To what, where:** response, abolition, slavery

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Slavery and its abolition» 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/31-slavery-and-its-abolition/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the abolition of slavery throughout 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	11	det	_	_
11	abolition	abolition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	slavery	slavery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 abolition of slavery |  |  | throughout the United States |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus abolition=Experiencer |
| 4 | **abolish** |  |  | slavery |  |  |  |  | nom abolition «act 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 {#o1}

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It was accomplished in seventeen hundred and seventy-six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e4:o1:1
# text = It was accomplished in seventeen hundred and seventy-six
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	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | past · passive |  | It |  | seventeen hundred |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has never been accomplished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e4:o2:1
# text = It has never been accomplished
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **accomplish** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was accomplished in eighteen hundred and sixty-five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e4:o3:1
# text = It was accomplished in eighteen hundred and sixty-five
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	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | past · passive |  | It |  | eighteen hundred |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was accomplished in nineteen hundred and sixty-three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e4:o4:1
# text = It was accomplished in nineteen hundred and sixty-three
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	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accomplish** | past · passive |  | It |  | nineteen hundred |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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