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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The United States: a short story · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the westward expansion of the United States. Exam question 4 of lesson 38 «The United States: a short story» of the history 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 4 · The United States: a short story

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the westward expansion of the United States.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, expand · **To what, where:** response, westward expansion, United States

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 38 «The United States: a short story» 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/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the westward expansion 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	westward	westward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	expansion	expansion	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	_	_
```

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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 westward expansion of the United States |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expansion=Experiencer |
| 4 | **expand** |  |  | the United States |  |  |  |  | nom expansion «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 undertaken by France alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e4:o1:1
# text = It was undertaken by France alone
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	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · passive | France | It |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It occurred upon wholly uninhabited territory awaiting settlement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e4:o2:1
# text = It occurred upon wholly uninhabited territory awaiting settlement
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurred	occur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	uninhabited	uninhabited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	awaiting	await	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	settlement	settlement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | past | It |  |  | uninhabited territory |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon territory=Location |
| 2 | **await** | gerund |  | settlement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was halted at the Mississippi River

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e4:o3:1
# text = It was halted at the Mississippi River
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	halted	halt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Mississippi	Mississippi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **halt** | past · passive |  | It |  | the Mississippi River |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It entailed the taking of lands belonging to Native nations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:e4:o4:1
# text = It entailed the taking of lands belonging to Native nations
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entailed	entail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	taking	taking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entail** | past | It | the taking of lands |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | gerund | lands *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Native nations | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **take** |  |  | lands |  |  |  |  | nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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