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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Australia and New Zealand: a short story · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the first ascent of Mount Everest. Exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Australia and New Zealand: 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 · Australia and New Zealand: a short story

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the first ascent of Mount Everest.

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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, first ascent

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Australia and New Zealand: 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/40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the first ascent of Mount Everest.
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	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	ascent	ascent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Mount	Mount	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Everest	Everest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 first ascent of Mount Everest |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ascent=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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It was accomplished by James Cook in seventeen hundred and seventy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e4:o1:1
# text = It was accomplished by James Cook in seventeen hundred and seventy
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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	James	James	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	Cook	Cook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	compound	_	_
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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It was accomplished by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in nineteen hundred and fifty-three

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e4:o2:1
# text = It was accomplished by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in nineteen hundred and fifty-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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Edmund	Edmund	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	Hillary	Hillary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Tenzing	Tenzing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	Norgay	Norgay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	compound	_	_
12	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It has never been accomplished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e4:o3:1
# 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 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was accomplished by Edmund Hillary alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:40-australia-and-new-zealand-a-short-story:e4:o4:1
# text = It was accomplished by Edmund Hillary 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	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Edmund	Edmund	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	Hillary	Hillary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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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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