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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the immediate fatalities resulting from the Chornobyl accident of nineteen hundred and eighty-six. Exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 3 · Chornobyl and independence in 1991

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the immediate fatalities resulting from the Chornobyl accident of nineteen hundred and eighty-six.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» 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/48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the immediate fatalities resulting from the Chornobyl accident of nineteen hundred and eighty-six.
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	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fatalities	fatality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	resulting	result	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Chornobyl	Chornobyl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	compound	_	_
20	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 immediate fatalities |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fatality=Experiencer |
| 4 | **result** | gerund | the immediate fatalities *not said here* |  |  | the Chornobyl accident of nineteen hundred |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Several million persons died within the first week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e3:o1:1
# text = Several million persons died within the first week
1	Several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | million persons |  |  |  | week |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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

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Approximately thirty-one persons died within the first months, while long-term fatalities remain debated

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e3:o2:1
# text = Approximately thirty-one persons died within the first months, while long-term fatalities remain debated
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	fatalities	fatality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	debated	debate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | one persons |  |  |  | month |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **remain** | present | term fatalities |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **debate** | participle | term fatalities *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No person sustained any harm whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e3:o3:1
# text = No person sustained any harm whatsoever
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | past | no person | any harm |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent harm=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Precisely one hundred thousand persons died upon the first day, and none thereafter from any illness

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:48-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991:e3:o4:1
# text = Precisely one hundred thousand persons died upon the first day, and none thereafter from any illness
1	Precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	6	obl	_	_
14	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | thousand persons | none |  |  | day |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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